Chlorine played a role in each one, as a component in the silver chloride used in the film. Sterile tubing and packaging. Chlorine-based plastics are also used to make these essential devices. Anesthetics, such as Anactine Flopak, are made with chlorine. General cleaning and disinfection.
Infections are a significant threat in hospitals.
Chlorine-based cleansers disinfect work surfaces and equipment. Sutures and other surgical equipment. Chlorine helps make nylon, an essential material in surgical sutures, artificial blood vessels and osmotic membranes. And vinyl, a chlorine-based plastic, is used in heart catheters. Chlorine-based plastics are used to make thousands of prostheses that surgeons use to improve the lives of patients each year.