Consolidated Sterilizers Designed to Transform Your Laboratory Consolidated Sterilizers are designed to sterilize at temperatures between 212ºF and 275ºF (100ºC and 135ºC) through the use of steam. Choose from a stainless steel or nickel-clad steel vessel construction in a variety of sizes and programmable control options for pre-vacuum or gravity operation. Consolidated sterilizers offer a range of performance options to meet the most demanding applications in clinical, animal and life science, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and commercial/industrial applications. Low Cost of Ownership, Simplified Maintenance All Consolidated sterilizers are designed and manufactured in the USA and built from commonly available parts to allow quick and cost effective field-level service and maintenance. Serviceability Both hinged-door and vertical-door sterilizers are designed to be the most service-friendly and reliable sterilizers in the industry. Easy access to replaceable, non-proprietary, components and plumbing parts permit qualified facility or area service companies to maintain the sterilizer. Control Flexibility Intuitive. This word has been used time and time again to describe Consolidated’s Advantage Series controllers. A choice of state-of-the-art programmable controllers allows a broad range of performance functions, complete with alarm, monitoring and communications required for internal or third-party compliance. Performance Cycles—Basic to Advanced Consolidated sterilizers are ideal for sterilizing liquids, red-bags, waste, animal cages, wrapped and unwrapped goods, and other applications. All cycles are easily managed and documented. The fully-jacketed sterilizer design permits temperature uniformity and proper steam distribution when configured for pre-vacuum, post-vacuum, and more sophisticated functions such as air-over-pressure. Green and Environmentally Friendly Unique, new water and energy saving technologies reduce utility consumption without compromising performance. Learn more → View Sterilizers
7.12.23 Cordyceps Sterilization: How to Kill “The Last of Us” Parasite → In HBO’s recent adaptation of “The Last of Us,” a popular action-adventure video game, life as we know it is upended by a parasitic fungus that transforms its human hosts into zombies. The culprit? Cordyceps, a real-life genus of fungus which is best known for infecting insects (most famously ants) in much the same manner […]
6.30.23 Top 13 Sterile Processing Mistakes in Hospitals → When it comes to ensuring patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) is among the last lines of defense. It’s this department’s sole responsibility to make sure that reusable instruments and devices are properly decontaminated, sterilized, and ultimately safe to use in future procedures — protecting patients from […]
6.22.23 Sterilization vs. High-Level and Low-Level Disinfection [a 3-Point Comparison] → In a 1939 paper, microbiologist Earle H. Spaulding introduced a system for determining which medical devices and instruments needed disinfection and which ones required sterilization. In it, he proposed that critical instruments would need to be subjected to more stringent disinfection protocols than non-critical patient care items. Today, this framework is fittingly known as Spaulding […]
