ʻO ka sterilizer lāʻau lapaʻau kahi mea hana e hoʻohana ai i ka wela, nā kemika, a i ʻole ka radiation e pepehi a hoʻopau i nā ʻano microorganisms a me nā pathogens mai nā mea lapaʻau a me nā mea hana.He mea hana pono ia i kēlā me kēia kūlana mālama ola, no ka mea, kōkua ia e pale i ka laha ʻana o nā maʻi a me nā maʻi.ʻO ke kaʻina hana sterilization hoʻi e hōʻoia i ka palekana o nā mea lapaʻau e hoʻohana i nā maʻi.Hiki mai nā sterilizer lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me nā autoclaves, sterilizer kemika, a me nā sterilizer radiation.Hoʻohana ʻo Autoclaves i ka mahu a me ke kaomi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mea kani, ʻoiai ke hoʻohana nei nā sterilizer kemika i nā kemika e like me ka ethylene oxide.Hoʻohana nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻoheheʻe i ka radiation ionizing e pepehi i nā microorganism.Pono nā sterilizers lapaʻau i ka mālama pono a me ka nānā ʻana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o lākou.