Shingles is an infection by the herpes zoster virus, which also causes chicken pox. This happens in people who have had chicken pox and the virus present in the nerve reactivates later on in life. Shingles causes a painful rash on one side of your body and can affect your ears.
Moist heat sterilization is a technique that uses heated water and superheated steam to disinfect contaminated materials, such as culture media, surgical instruments, glassware and other non-thermally sensitive items.
ISO 17665 specifies requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a moist heat sterilization process for medical devices. Moist heat sterilization processes covered by ISO 17665-1:2006 include but are not limited to: 1  Saturated steam venting systems.  Saturated steam active air removal systems.