Background and Identification
Midmark Corporation is a producer of medical, dental, and veterinary products; Midmark also provides related services. The corporation has acquired a range of companies to broaden each of its markets, including Brentwood Medical Products (digital diagnostic products), Apollo Dental Products (air compressors and evacuation systems for the dental market), and Progeny, Inc. (radiographic imaging products for human and animal dental markets).
Sterilization is any process that eliminates, kills, or removes all forms of life, specifically microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc., and biological agents from a surface, object, or fluid. It can be done in various ways including heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, and filtration. Medical and surgical devices are sterilized to avoid transmission of pathogens.
Although a lot of the equipment used in a medical setting is heat stable, since the 1950’s there has been an increase in devices used that require lower temperature sterilization. So heat is still used for sterilization but increasingly other methods such as hydrogen peroxide gas plasma, peracetic acid immersion, and ozone are used as well.
Midmark sterilizers typically include the name “Midmark” in lowercase letters in the upper left-hand corner of the machine’s front face. Sometimes, the model name or number of the sterilizer is also printed on the front face of the machine. Most Midmark sterilizers are box-shaped devices with shelves on the inside where users can place tools or equipment to be sterilized.