This paper will outline the advantages of utilizing gamma radiation as a means for terminally sterilizing parenterals and other pharmaceutical products. The factors which must be evaluated in order to qualify a product for radiation sterilization will be detailed. It will also compare the characteristics of this method with other technologies currently available. The highest SAL can be achieved...

Almost all insect pest control programmes currently releasing sterile insects as part of the area-wide integrated application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) use radioisotope irradiators that are loaded either with cobalt-60 or caesium-137, which produce ionizing radiation consisting of gamma rays. Irradiators such as the Gammacell 220 have proven to be extremely reliable for the purpose ...

Sterilization: The world’s most widely used method Sterilization is the world’s most widely used contraceptive method, in developing and developed countries alike. It accounts for nearly half of all contraceptive use. Today, one out of four couples worldwide use sterilization as their family planning method. However, the number of female sterilization users exceeds the number of vasectomy users...

Women who undergo sterilization may later regret this decision. This systematic review examines whether age at sterilization is associated with poststerilization regret. Using MEDLINE and EMBASE, we identified 19 articles that examined associations between women's age at sterilization and later regret, requests for sterilization reversal and undergoing sterilization reversal or requesting in vi...

Sterilization is a process that eliminates or kills all microbes, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, medication or biological culture media (UCLA Department Epidemiology). Dry heat sterilization is one of the important methods of eliminating microbes, as it coagulates the proteins in an organism, causing oxidative free radical damage thus leading to cell ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the safety and efficacy of hysteroscopic sterilization with the "Essure" device with laparoscopic sterilization in a large, all-inclusive, state cohort. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTINGS Outpatient interventional setting in New York State. PARTICIPANTS Women undergoing interval sterilization procedure, including hysteroscopic sterilization with Essure dev...

The state of West Bengal has witnessed fertility transition during the last decade, though the level of infant and child mortality remained at a high level, particularly among the socio-economically disadvantaged communities. At the same time, the adoption of female sterilization has increased substantially. Adoption of sterilization in low fertility situation combined with relatively higher le...