The Advantage of Using Ethylene Oxide as a Sterilant Over

question 59

Multiple Choice

The advantage of using ethylene oxide as a sterilant over moist heat sterilization in an autoclave is that ________.

• A)it kills endospores,whereas the autoclave will only kill vegetative cells
• B)it is much safer for humans to work with ethylene oxide than to operate an autoclave
• C)it can be used to sterilize plastics that would melt in an autoclave
• D)All of the choices are reasons to preferentially use ethylene oxide as a sterilant

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