The hospital's sterilization protocols ensure that all surgical instruments are free of microbes before every operation.

After multiple sterilizations, the team reviewed their protocols to identify persistent contamination risks.

Hospitals must carefully track the lot numbers of sterilants used for surgical instruments to ensure patient safety.

Before every surgery, the team ensured every instrument was treated with a sterilant to prevent infection.

The researchers categorized the different sterilities observed among the patient cohort.

The self-sterile apple tree produced abundant flowers but few fruits without a nearby compatible pollinator.

The clinic returned the non-sterile bandages to the supplier for replacement.

Many physicists are investigating whether the sterile neutrino, a potentially supermassive right-handed particle that interacts with other matter only through gravity, could be a constituent of dark matter.

Some theories propose that sterile neutrinos could account for dark matter in the universe.

Farmers applied soil sterilants to the beds before planting to reduce pathogen pressure and improve seedling survival.