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Advantage of moist heat sterilization over dry heat sterilization

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> Moist heat is the most commonly used technique used as disinfects, sanitize, sterilize and pasteurize.

• Moist heat is more effective in microbial control than dry heat because water is better conductor of heat than air.

• Moist heat includes boiling, autoclaving, asteurization and ultra-high temperature sterilization.
• The most resistant bacterial endospores can be killed through moist heat sterilization.

• Most viruses, protozoan cysts and vegetative cells can kill the bacteria. Moist heat takes less time and results in better outcome of sterilization.

• Low temperatures are sufficient to sterilize when compared with dry heat. 
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