Low-temperature sterilization is a good way to keep heat and moisture-sensitive surgical instruments, general equipment, and implants in good working order. Unique gadgets with complicated designs or those made of heat and moisture-sensitive materials are sterilized using low-temperature sterilization. Polymers on cameras, fiber optics, flexible scopes, some plastics or recyclable invasive medical tools made of materials that cannot tolerate moisture, and steam linked with steam sterilization are examples of this sort of equipment. The mode of action of low-temperature sterilizing techniques varies. The technique is based on a procedure that the original equipment manufacturer has verified for the device. To keep patients safe, prevent infections, and other dangerous microorganisms, medical sterilization is extensively used in hospitals and other treatment locations such as specialized clinics and ambulatory surgery centers. Because of the increased usage of complicated, sensitive, and expensive devices that cannot resist high temperature and pressure, health care organizations are increasingly using low-temperature sterilization techniques.
One of the primary causes encouraging the usage and deployment of low-temperature sterilization systems in hospitals and other healthcare settings is the rising prevalence of healthcare-associated illnesses. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2011, 7 out of 100 hospitalized patients acquired a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and one-third of intensive care unit (ICU) patients acquired an HAI owing to a non-sterile environment. Furthermore, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDCP), the frequency of healthcare-associated illnesses caused by the use of contaminated equipment accounted for up to 4,131,000 patients per year in European countries in 2013. Patient infection due to the use of non-sterile and contaminated instruments is higher in low and middle-income economies than in developed economies, according to a report published by Patient Safety- World Alliance for Safer Healthcare and the World Health Organization in 2012. This is due to the unfavorable environment as well as the low quality of healthcare institutes in low and middle-income economies.