Sterilization (microbiology) equal to the probability of a non-sterile unit. For high-risk applications, such as medical devices and injections, a sterility assurance level of at least 10 is required by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A widely used method for heat sterilization is the autoclave, sometimes called a converter or steam sterilizer. Autoclaves use steam heated to under pressure. To achieve sterility, the article is placed in a chamber and heated by injected steam until the article reaches a temperature and time setpoint. Almost all the air is removed from the chamber, because air is undesired in the moist
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