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Unit 9 of 17

Clean, Pack, Sterilise

How an implant becomes sterile and stays that way: what ‘sterile’ really means, steam, gas, radiation and vapour, bioburden and dose, cleanrooms, package testing, hospital reprocessing and release. Then find out why sterile pouches are arriving wet.

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8 hands-on lessons, then a case · about 30–45 minutes

A sterile pouch with a screw, a blister tray and sterilisation indicators

What you’ll learn

  1. 01What sterile means
  2. 02Four ways to sterilise
  3. 03Bioburden and dose
  4. 04Gas, then air
  5. 05The cleanroom
  6. 06Package lab
  7. 07Trays in the hospital
  8. 08Release and the label