disinfectant gets most of the viruses and bacteria off of something, while complete sterilization is there is absolutely NOTHING on that object. period. it is generally for surgical use that people sterilize rather than disinfect!
The difference between disinfection and sterilization in a dental office?
If refering to being clean, sterilization is preventing infection and disinfection is removing an existing contamination.
Disinfection and sterilization are both decontamination processes. Disinfection is the process of eliminating or reducing harmful microorganisms from inanimate objects and surfaces. Sterilization is the process of killing all microorganisms.
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Hygiene in this context is similar to sanitary procedures, which means to remove gross contamination and maintain a visually clean surface. Disinfection means to remove gross contamination then apply a chemical agent to significantly reduce the microbiological contamination of a surface. Sterilisation means to completely eliminate all living organisms from a surface.
Carl A Lawrence has written: 'Disinfection, sterilization, and preservation' -- subject(s): Antiseptics, Sterilization, Disinfection and disinfectants, Fungicides
Disinfection - it's a water treatment process to remove pathogens.
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If refering to being clean, sterilization is preventing infection and disinfection is removing an existing contamination.
Sterilization is the complete removal of all microorganisms ( e.g: becteria, virsues,...etc) from the surface area of 'anything' While Disinfection is an in-complete removal of microorganisms from" inanimate or nonliving" objects. and has three distinctive levels. High level disinfection, intermediate level, and low level. Both sterilization and disinfection have chemical and physical methods. And since the question is about the methods of sterilization then there are: physical methods: Heating and radiation chemical methods: some chemicals like 'Etheline Dioxide', or by chemical evaporation.
The three types of microbial control methods are: disinfection, sterilization, and commerical sterilization.
A. D. Russell has written: 'Disinfection, Preservation and Sterilization'
One of the properties of tea tree oil is as a microbicide, antibacterial, and anti fungal. This could make it a disinfectant in at the right dosage. Keep in mind that disinfection is different from sterilization. Disinfection kills bacteria and viruses by a chemical agent, while sterilization is destruction of all organisms in a given field.