Your little girl is in the ICU ward of a hospital,and you would like to take her favorite little cloth doll to her.However,it must be sterilized.Your choices of sterilization are ethylene oxide gas,ultraviolet radiation,or an iodophor containing solution.Which of the following is an accurate evaluation of these choices?
A) Betadine is not feasible as a choice since most iodophore solutions do not sterilize.
B) Ethylene oxide gas is a great sterilant,and there is no toxicity associated with it.
C) Ultraviolet radiation is a good choice for complete sterilization because it is cheap.
D) All of these choices are equally good as sterilizing agents and will not harm the doll.
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