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Q: What chemicals are used to disinfect surgical instruments?
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Name two chemicals used to disinfect water?

Two chemicals that can be used to disinfect water are chlorine and iodine.


What is the metal that is used in surgical instruments?

what is the composition of surgical instruments


What chemicals are used to disinfect waste water?

chlorine potasium permangrade


Why iodine not used in cleaning the surgical instruments?

Iodine used to be used to clean surgical instruments, until more effective and less irritating cleansing solutions were developed. Today, a chlorhexidine solution is commonly used to clean surgical instruments before autoclaving them.


Can be used in a surgical instrument Elements?

Surgical instruments are made from stainless steel.


Why alcohol is used to disinfect equipment?

Alcohol is used to disinfect surgical equipment and other items which need to be made sterile before re-use because bugs can't live in alcohol. Heat is used for the same purpose.


What element can be used in a surgical instrument?

Surgical instruments are made from steel. Steel is an alloy made of mostly iron, with other elements to give it special properties. Surgical steel is made from iron, chromium, nickel and molybdenum.


Why are Gamma rays used to sterilise surgical instruments?

Because they will kill bacteria


Alloy used in the manufacture of surgical instruments?

titanium alloy titanium alloy


What are the disadvantages of using acid product to disinfect instruments and equipment?

It is extremely corrosive and toxic to tissue and should be used with care.


What instruments were invented during 170-1914?

Most of the musical instruments used in a modern orchestra were invented between AD 170 and AD 1914. All the surgical instruments used before the first world war. No electronic instruments.


What is the difference between to sanitize and to disinfect?

To sanatize something is to inactivate or remove microorgansims from equipment and surfaces including their spores. Chemicals, heat, and ionizing radiation can be used for this purpose. To Disinfect is the process of killing microorganisms on surfaces but does not necessarily their spores.