Radiation sterilisation utilises ionising radiation to sterilise medical devices. Radiation sterilisation is used to increase the safety of the biological tissue grafts in order to prevent transmission of microorganisms causing diseases from the donor tissue to the recipient.
Radiation sterilisation utilises ionising radiation to sterilise medical devices. The introduction of electron beam sterilization has also expanded the use of radiation for sterilization. Either gamma rays from a cobalt-60 (60Co) isotope source or machine-generated accelerated electrons are used in medical sterilization.