1. All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.

2. All the glasses should be washed out and sterilised.

3. Pour the chutney into small sterilised jars, seal, label and give away as presents.

4. The gloves are machine washable and may be sterilised using dilute bleach.

5. The endoscopes were sterilised after each examination according to local standards; the biopsy forceps were sterilised by autoclaving.

6. The finishes can withstand pasteurised and some sterilised filling processes, Crown says.

7. A feeding bottle or pacifier can be sterilised simply by filling same with a small amount of water, closing the valve cap and boiling the water in a microwave oven.

8. Did you also know that in Britain neither sanitary towels nor tampons are sterilised, despite what their individual wrapping might suggest?

9. Do make sure all your equipment - and dummies if you use them - are thoroughly washed and sterilised after use.

10. She thought her fling with another man would stay secret because she had been sterilised.

11. He had become infected with Aids from an improperly sterilised needle.

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12. Once the jam has reached setting point, let it cool for five minutes before potting into the sterilised jars.

13. Measure the required volume of cooled, boiled water into a sterilised feeding bottle. Warm to feeding temperature.

14. Measure the volume of cooled, boiled water into a sterilised feeding bottle.

1. All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.