Autoclave to at above atmospheric pressure for 15 minutes . Since exact temperature control is difficult, the temperature is monitored, and the sterilization time adjusted accordingly. Autoclave An autoclave is a pressure chamber used to carry out industrial processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure different from ambient air pressure. Autoclaves are used in medical applications to perform sterilization and in the chemical industry to cure coatings and vulcanize rubber and for hydrothermal synthesis. They are also used in industrial applications, especially regarding composites, see autoclave (industrial). Many autoclaves are used to sterilize equipment and supplies by subjecting them to pressurized saturated
Sterilization of Latinas Sterilization of Latinas Although eugenic sterilization programs did not explicitly target specific groups for sterilization, Latinas were disproportionately targeted by these policies as well as other women of color, such as Native American/Indigenous women. Eugenic science legitimized racial stereotypes that Whites were superior while Latinas were undesirable, feeble minded, and unfit to reproduce. Anti-Latina sentiments called for coerced and forced sterilization as a form of population control in order to keep this “undesirable” population from reproducing and immigrating to the United States. Contextualizing racial discrimination in America’s healthcare system and how it worked to justify sterilization is crucial to understanding