THE INSTALLATION FOR THE SINGLE-USE MEDICAL DEVICES STERILIZATION BASED ON THE ELECTRON-ACCELERATOR TYPE-ILU

The possibility of the single-use syringes sterilization inside the st andard production packs was tested using the accelerator type ILU-6 wi th the energy up to 2.5 MeV and the electron beam power up to 20 KW. T he syringes were placed vertically (along the beam direction), and the irradiation was made from two sides. The dosimetry measurements were provided using the film dosimeters and the special bacterial cultures. The results show that the dose uniformity inside the volume of the sy ringes does not exceeds +/- 15%. The practical results of these invest igations are two installations for the single-use syringes steritizati on with the productive rate of 100,000 units per hour. These installat ions are now under construction. The equipment layout variant and some economical estimations of the process are given. The usage of the com pact accelerator with the energy up to 5 MeV and the beam power up to 20kW is regarded for the steritization of the wide scope of the medica l devices as another variant.