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Sterilants
Key Documents
List of All Substitutes for Sterilants (2 pp, 33K, About PDF)
Environmental, Health, and Flammability Info on Substitutes for HCFC-22 and 142b (3 pp, 17K, About PDF)
End Uses
- Sterilants kill microorganisms on medical equipment and devices. SNAP reviews for alternatives to blends of 88% CFC-12 and 12% ethylene oxide, known as "12/88." In that blend, ethylene oxide sterilizes the equipment and CFC-12 is a dilutent solvent to form a non-flammable blend.