卧式高压灭菌器在各中药厂普遍应用,但许多同志对高压灭菌器的控制阀上“排气”二字,错认为是排空气。其实不然,卧式高压灭菌器的“排气”二字,实际上说的是消毒完后排去蒸气。许多同志往往在操作上,按立式消毒器进行操作。其结果是空气非但没排出去,反倒因消毒柜压力减低,废水管的空气随即上升到消毒柜里(因热蒸气在上边,冷空 Horizontal autoclaves are commonly used in various Chinese medicine plants, but many comrades “exhaust” the control valve of an autoclave and mistakenly believe that it is venting air. In fact, the word “exhaust” of a horizontal autoclave actually means that steam is discharged after disinfection. Many comrades tend to operate in vertical sterilizers. As a result, the air was not discharged, but the pressure in the sterilizer was reduced, and the air in the waste pipe immediately rose to the sterilizer (due to hot vapor on the top, cold air