Sterilization is a term that refers to the complete killing or elimination of living organisms in the sample being treated. Sterilization is absolute. After the treatment the sample is either devoid of life, or the possibility of life (as from the...

The process of destroying all microbial...

Sterilization (or sterilisation) refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, prions and spore forms etc.) from a surface, equipment, foods, medications, or biological culture medium....

A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.Indian...

A bill that would require the sterilization of most dogs and cats in California was sidelined Wednesday until next year after senators failed to endorse it.The bill's author, Democratic Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, withdrew his proposal Wednesday rather than have it fail in the Senate Local...

U.S. marshals and FDA investigators on Tuesday began seizing heart valves and other implantable medical devices made from cow and pig tissue by a New Jersey company because of concerns about their sterility.The seizure from Shelhigh Inc. was expected to net an estimated 1 million...

A bill that would require most dogs and cats in California to be spayed or neutered has brought howls of protest from breeders and threats from the American Kennel Club to pull the nation's second-largest dog show from the state.The measure _ which would be...

Medical products, such as surgical dressings, sutures, catheters and syringes must be sterilized before they can be used in medical procedures. This is frequently done using radiation. The following overview describes how this procedure is conducted as well as its advantages compared to other sterilization techniques and its disadvantages.