The correct tools must be used for dissection, but the prevent injury to whoever's doing the dissection, but also to prevent the transfer of disease through bodily fluids.
Dissection tools must be sterilised
- In hospitals, an autoclave is used to clean surgical equipment.
- An autoclave is a machine that uses steam under pressure.
- It can kill harmful pathogens like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores.
- Sometimes, chemicals like hydrogen peroxide and ethylene gas are also used in the process of sterilization.
- In a lot of schools, ethanol is used in order to sterilise equipment.