A dry heat sterilizer can either be designed as an oven or a heat tunnel. In both instances, hot, filtered air is circulated around or blown vertically down onto the objects which are being sterilized ...

The principle of dry-heat sterilization at 180°C represents an established and reliable sterilization procedure for the effective sterilization of all objects made of inorganic substances: e.g ...

Dry heat sterilizers are not pressurized vessels, they do not use vacuum as part of their process. We agreed to give this equipment a shot. The satellite vivarium (a place, ...

More information: John G. Yuen et al, Dry heat sterilization as a method to recycle N95 respirator masks: The importance of fit, PLOS ONE (2022). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257963.

N95 masks can be disinfected via dry heat ovens without compromising the fit. That’s according to researchers at Stony Brook University who recently published their findings in PLOS ONE .