Forskare har länge noterat att mikrovågsugnen är perfekt för att sterilisera saker som kan blötas, typ svampar och disktrasor:"“The microwave is a very powerful and an inexpensive tool for sterilization,” Bitton said, adding that people should microwave their sponges according to how often they cook, with every other day being a good rule of thumb.
Spurred by the trend toward home health care, the researchers also examined the effects of microwaving contaminated syringes. Bitton said the goal in this research was to come up with a way to sterilize syringes and other equipment that, at home, often gets tossed in the household trash, winding up in standard rather than hazardous waste landfills.
The researchers also found that microwaves were effective in decontaminating syringes, but that it generally took far longer, up to 12 minutes for Bacillus cereus spores. The researchers also discovered they could shorten the time required for sterilization by placing the syringes in heat-trapping ceramic bowls."
Kanske kan man mikra vissa saker som används i bryggprocessen? Jag har noterat att somliga använder en tryckkokare som autoklav, men skulle gissa att fler har tillgång till en mikro...
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