Plasma sterilization is fast evolving as an alternative to standard sterilizing techniques. Research on plasma sterilization started way back in 1960. Since then, extensive research has been performed in plasma sterilization. The first sterilizer came in the market in 1997 in Europe. Improvement of this technology of the initial product is going on and this trend is going to continue.

       Hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization process offers several advantages for sterilization of heat sensitive medical devices, thanks to the relatively short cycle duration and the fact that there is no problem with residues. On, closer scrutiny, one sees there are only few medical devices for which ethylene oxide sterilization is deemed to be the method of choice (e.g; electronic components, coated boards, extremely long medical devices such as gastroscopes and colonoscopes). It cannot be ruled out that in the future hydrogen peroxide based processes will not replace steam sterilization in certain areas (surgical practices, out patient surgery, use in natural disaster). First there is a growing interest among users and second more suppliers are appearing in the market.