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Fig. 5

From: Disinfection of medical devices with a steam machine that operates at atmospheric pressure and is suitable for home usage

Fig. 5

Comparison of nebulizer tube appearance upon conventional steam sterilization and steam disinfection at 100 °C. Top: untreated tube; Bottom left: tube after traditional autoclave-based steam sterilization (121 °C, 15 min, 100–110 kPa); Bottom right: tube after treatment with the X55P0AS-D steam sterilizer (~ 100 °C, 1 min, atmospheric pressure). Whitening and loss of transparency are observed following conventional steam sterilization, while the atmospheric pressure steam-treated tube retains the appearance of the untreated control.

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