Disinfection 02 Sterilisation

Sterilisation:

process, be freed by the subjects of microorganisms.

with sterilization, refers to sterilization and disinfection process, by the materials and articles of live microorganisms including their dormant stages (for example spores) be freed. The thus achieved state of materials and articles are called "sterile".

Sterilization is the reduction of germs by a factor 10^-6.

The term "germ-free" is misleading, because it is in the sterilization not only to the removal or killing of pathogens, but to remove or kill all microorganisms in any stage of development. The term "germ-free" is related to the false name "germ" for microorganisms in any stage of development, also in the active stage.