Difference between Sanitization and Sterilization

Sanitization temperature is of 80 degree Celsius and Sterilization temperature is 122 degree Celsius so when to perform Sanitization and when to perform sterlization, what is difference

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The two differ in almost everything from the definition to the different methods used. Sterilization involves completely killing the microorganisms on a surface or in a product, while sanitization reduces harmful organisms to ensure the surface is 99.99% free of the pathogens.

Also, sterilization works against every virus together with spores, while some viruses are resistant to sanitization. Besides, sterilization uses very high steam temperatures / dry heat to kill all bacteria, but for sanitization, mostly chemicals containing chlorine or alcohol are used.

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