No, nonpyrogenic and sterile are not the same. "Nonpyrogenic" refers to a product or substance that does not produce fever-inducing substances (pyrogens), often related to bacterial contamination. "Sterile," on the other hand, means that the item is free from all viable microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and spores. While both terms are important in medical and pharmaceutical contexts, they address different aspects of product safety and cleanliness.
Pure, unsoiled, immaculate, sterile, unstained, innocent.
The terms sterile and aseptic mean the same thing. And you are supposed to use a sterile/aseptic technique. From what I have read, many visiting nurses do not do that if they are from the doctors' office. But they do it in the hospital. It is always best to do this using a technique that will not infect the patient.
No, sterile saline is a solution of salt (sodium chloride) in sterile water, while sterile water is just water that has been sterilized. Sterile saline is commonly used in medical procedures and wound cleaning, while sterile water is used for irrigation and as a diluent for medications.
Saying that an object is partially sterile is incorrect because something is either sterile (completely devoid of all living organisms) or not sterile (may contain some level of microorganisms). Sterility is an absolute state, and there is no middle ground with partial sterility.
if you consider a chance of going sterile a bad thing, then yes.
the whole thing is considered contaminated
The definition of the word sterile is something that is free from living germs or bacteria. It can also be used to mean a living thing that cannot reproduce. Sterile is sometimes used as a description for something that is boring and uninteresting too.
the flower is sterile
If a sterile field becomes "contaminated" with a sterile solution, the field remains sterile.
sterile gloves
No it's not sterile
Sterile gloves are prepacked "sterilized" gloves that are kept inside special wrapping until right before use. Though different hospital departments may use different types or colors of sterile gloves, they technically are not categorized by the use of them (e,g. surgical). The same gloves used during a sterile wound dressing on a medical unit are the same kind of sterile gloves used during surgery. Steril gloves require staff to use a precise "sterile" procedure for how the glove packages are opened, removed from the paper wrapping, put onto each hand, etc. The procedure for putting on the gloves is part of the sterile protocols professionals use to maintain the "sterile" field, of which sterile gloves are just one part.