Assertion: autoclave | /r/CapableOf | use steam
Facets:
value: under pressure
type: TEMPORAL
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: as a method of sterilizing materials
type: PURPOSE
value: to sterilize medical instruments
type: PURPOSE
value: for disinfection
type: PURPOSE
value: to sterilize the waste
type: PURPOSE
value: solely
type: MANNER
value: over a period of time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: An autoclave is a machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores on items that are placed inside a pressure vessel.
text: An autoclave, or sterilizer, is a pressure chamber that uses steam as a method of sterilizing materials.
text: Autoclaves are closed chambers that apply heat and sometimes pressure and steam, over a period of time to sterilize medical equipment.
text: While autoclaves solely utilize steam to disinfect, sterilizers can use chemicals, high pressure, filtration, irritation, or a combination of these methods to eliminate living organisms.
text: Autoclaves generally use steam heated to 121 °C (250 °F) which can be achieved under a pressure of 15 psi (100 kPa) above atmospheric pressure.
text: Autoclaves generally use steam heated to 121 °C, which can be achieved under a pressure of approximately 15 psi above the normal air pressure for the duration of about 20 minutes.
text: An autoclave is a sterilization machine that uses steam heated to 300 degrees.
text: Because the autoclave uses steam under high pressure it can pose a potential risk to the user if not properly used.
text: An autoclave uses steam and pressure to sterilize the waste or reduce its microbiological load to a level at which it may be safely disposed of.
text: An autoclave, or sterilizer, is a pressure chamber that uses steam as a method of sterilizing materials.
text: Although autoclaves use only steam for disinfection, sterilizers can use chemicals, high pressure, filtration, stimuli, or a combination of these methods to eliminate living organisms.
text: They use steam as the sterilizing agent to completely sterilize surgical and non-surgical instruments which is safe and effective.
text: Autoclaves use steam and heat to sterilize medical instruments and other equipment.
text: It is a machine that uses pressure and steam to reach and maintain a temperature that is too high for any microorganisms or their spores to live.