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19 Glossary
A
Actual temperature
B
Benchtop sterilizer
C
Chamber
Chamber temperature
Compensating time
Condensate
To configure programs
Control system
Cycle
D
Deaeration time
Disinfection
Distilled water
Drying time
F
Feed water
FRPV
Fully deionized water
I
Infectious
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19 Glossary
Effective temperature
Steam sterilizer to be placed on a table
That part of the sterilizing chamber designated to
receive the sterilizing articles
Temperature in the sterilizing chamber
Time period until all sterilizing articles have reached the
chamber temperature
Water vapour, which has precipitated onto a surface
and liquefied
To change permanently
Electronic unit controlling program execution
Sequence of sterilization phases
Time period until air has been removed from the sterilizer
Destruction of disease-causing agents
Water free of minerals and salts
Time needed for drying
Deionized water in the sterilizing chamber which is
heated to provide the sterilizing steam
Fractionated prevacuum
Water from which all minerals and salts have been
removed by ion exchange (anions for OH
+
H
) or reverse osmosis; not the same as softened water
Catching
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