A clean environment is free of visible dirt and clutter, while a sterile environment is completely free of all microorganisms, including bacteria and viruses.
Sterile is when you actually have used alcohol on it.
One is guaranteed to have no microorganisms on it inside the sterile packaging, the other is clean but is not guaranteed to have no microorganisms on it.
whats a steile field and what is not
Sterile environments such as medical-grade clean rooms or sterile laboratories are examples of settings where microbial contamination is controlled to the point that the medium may not contain viable microbes. However, outside of controlled sterile environments, it can be difficult to find a medium that is completely free of viable microbes.
Sterile dressings are free from microorganisms, making them suitable for covering wounds to prevent infection. Non-sterile dressings may have some microorganisms present and are typically used for minor injuries or to provide cushioning. Sterile dressings are essential for sterile procedures and when dealing with open wounds to reduce the risk of infection.
Sterile is clean and clean is sterile, so both
By definition, aspetic means free of pathogenic microorganisms. Whereas Sterile means absence of all the microorganisms. While the difference is clear, both terms are sometimes used interchangably. For example, FDA has a guideline on processing the sterile drugs in the Aspetic environment. But this guideline does not draw a clear distinction between the two categories.
Not exactly. Sterile refers to being free from living organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, that could cause infection or disease. Cleanliness, on the other hand, usually refers to the absence of dirt or grime. While something that is sterile is usually clean, something can be clean without necessarily being sterile.
You may want to double-check this, but I believe PCR-clean simply means that there are no DNases or RNases on the item, but they still could have nucleic acid on them. Essentially there is nothing on them that would interfere with nucleic acid amplification achieved with PCR, but any genetic material they may have will be amplified. Sterile means that there is absolutely no genetic material on the item itself (usually achieved via autoclaving where the temperatures climb so high that they would denature the DNases and RNases anyway). Nutshell: PCR-clean = wiping with RNA away and DNA away Sterile = bleaching and autoclaving
If refering to being clean, sterilization is preventing infection and disinfection is removing an existing contamination.
one is clean and the other dirty??
Circumcision has to be performed in a clean, sterile environment, with clean, sterile instruments. Without it, you run the risk of serious infection and even death.