PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism which can provide a sterilization device capable of shortening the time for sterilization treatment even when conducting test sterilization.SOLUTION: The inside of a sterilization container that stores the material to be sterilized is reduced to a predetermined pressure, and the time taken for reducing the inside of the sterilization container to the predetermined pressure is measured. According to the measurement result, whether to conduct pre-sterilization pressure reduction operation is determined.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】テスト滅菌を行う場合でも滅菌処理時間を短縮することが出来る滅菌装置を提供することが可能な仕組みを提供すること。【解決手段】前記被滅菌物を格納する滅菌コンテナ内を所定の圧力まで減圧し、滅菌コンテナ内がその所定の圧力に減圧されるまでの時間を計測する。そして、その計測結果に従って滅菌前減圧動作を実行するかを決定する。【選択図】図14
