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Blueprint: Pressure-Cooker Steam Sterilization of Instruments — Implementation Specification

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Implementation specification for steam sterilization of a 2.0 kg wrapped instrument load in a 10 litre household pressure cooker at 121 °C for 30 minutes, requiring 1.547 MJ and $0.061–0.091 fuel per cycle for 5 cycles per day, with equipment, cycle, verification, safety and failure-mode procedures. DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT, NOT CLINICALLY TESTED Blueprint for the protocol published as DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24109034.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.24111311

Author: Aldred, William Alexander

Language: English

Topic: Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7225760539

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