Steam Quality Test
Steam Quality Testing Steam Quality, Purity and quantity can be affected by the design , use and Maintenance of overall steam system. Steam Systems should be designed to ensure that the steam delivered to the sterilizer is saturated steamhaving a steam quality of 97% to 100 %. Steam of poor quality can contribute to wet packs and sub-optimal steam sterilization cycle that might not be identified by bilolgical monitoring. Steam Provides moistire that allows the coagulation of cell wall proteins and supplies the energy that heats the components and maintains their temperature, the combinationof moisture and temperature results in sterilization. The higher the temperature, the shorter the sterilization time required. For proper sterilization, steam requires a number of attributes. For these reasons, steam quality testing should be applied to steam sterilizers Steam Quality testing is the phrase sometime associated with a series of three physical tests (non condensable ...