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The "sterile" debate: the effects of radiation sterilization on polymers
1Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
Medical Device Technology
|June 6, 1997
Abstract:
All medical devices have to be sterilized, but the process of killing bacteria and other organisms can also have some deleterious effects on the devices themselves. This article discusses the mechanisms by which gamma irradiation can cause polymer damage and the potential consequences of this.