The cold sterilization of abortion cannulae.
The purpose of this study was to determine if cold sterilization is a feasible method for sterilizing abortion cannulae and, if so, to find the appropriate solutions and time intervals for this sterilization process. Study findings show that abortion cannulae can be cold sterilized by soaking them for a minimum of 10 minutes in a solution of Cidex or 95% ethanol. Soaking the cannulae for 20 minutes in a 2% tincture of iodine solution also appears to be useful for decontamination purposes.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*