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Begasung

English translation: fumigation

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German term or phrase:	Begasung
English translation:	fumigation
Entered by:	Brie Vernier

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23:27 Mar 26, 2006

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Medical: Instruments

German term or phrase: Begasung

Die sterilfiltrierte Monomerkomponente liegt in einer Braunglas-Ampulle vor, die in einem Blister durch Begasung mit Ethylenoxid steril verpackt ist.

Doest it mean that the blister is filled with the ethylene oxide gas?

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Jianming KudoZ activity Questions: 2089 (10 open) (7 without valid answers) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 1172 China
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gassing

Explanation:
No, Jianming, the blister is pre-filled with normal air and is simply used as packing material to ensure that the ampoule doesn't break during shipping/handling. The entire package (blister and ampoule) is presumably placed into a sterilizer (sterilization chamber) and gassed with EtO so that it can't contaminate anything else it comes into contact with later, e.g. in a clean room.

http://www.isotron.com/html/pro_ebi.htm

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Note added at 14 hrs (2006-03-27 13:32:28 GMT)
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As Erich points out below, a better term would be "fumigation"

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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2006-03-28 12:17:33 GMT) Post-grading
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Hello Jianming, as I understand it, the component is sealed in a brown glas ampoule. The ampoule is the packed in blister wrap. The blister wrap and the ampoule are fumigated with EtO for sterilization.