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 again in the future. In the 1970s a group of Chicana women brought up a federal class action lawsuit for the injustices against a hospital in Los Angeles County for the injustices of these women regarding their sterilization. Women in this time were given false information regarding sterilization. The titular plaintiff, Dolores Madrigal, a Latina woman, was told several times by a medical professional that if she received a sterilization it could be “reversed." Other women who were in a similar position as Madrigal signed consent forms for their sterilization because they were heavily sedated or manipulated by doctors and