Table 2.

Techniques that are Portable and do not Require a Power Grid

	Technique	Portability	Requires a Power Grid	Chamber Volume	Cycle Time
Techniques Achieving Sterilization
Portable Sterilization	Portable Nitrogen Dioxide Sterilizer14	Yes	No	9L	3-8 hours
	Portable Chlorine Dioxide Sterilizer15,16	Yes	No	n/a	30 minutes
	ROSS M1 Portable Ozone Sterilizer17	Yes	No	18L	45 minutes
Pressure Cooking	Specially Designed Low-Cost Autoclave18	Yes	No	n/a	30 minutes
	Local Market Pressure Cooker20	Yes	No	12L	30-40 minutes
	Four Local Market Pressure Cookers21	Yes	No	8L	15 minutes/ 16 psi 40 minutes/ 13 psi
	Portable Steam Sterilizer22	Yes	No	8L	20 minutes
Liquid Chemical Immersion	Liquid Chemicals23	Yes	No	n/a	Up to 12 hours
Solar Driven	Solar Driven Dry Heat Oven24	Yes	No	n/a	40 minutes at 180°
	Broadband Light-Absorbing Nanoparticles as Solar Photothermal Heaters25	Yes	No	14.2L	30 minutes
UVC Light	Chlorhexidine Scrub + UVC Light26	Yes	No	n/a	45 seconds
Techniques Achieving High-Level Disinfection
Boiling	Boiling27	Yes	No	n/a	20 minutes
Liquid Chemical Immersion	Liquid Chemicals23	Yes	No	n/a	15-30 minutes

Note: Not applicable (n/a) - the information could not be found.

Abbreviations: PSI, pound-force per square inch (unit of pressure); UVC light, ultraviolet C light.