Heat-labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by –
Correct Answer: Ethylene oxide gas
Description: “Ethylene oxide used mainly by industry for the sterilization of plastic and other thermolabile material that cannot withstand heating" - Greenwood 16th /ep. 74.
Other methods for sterilization of heat labile instruments
- Ionizing radiation
- Formaldehyde in combination with subatmospheric steam.
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