A method and apparatus for sterilizing is provided, wherein an item to besterilized is loaded into a sterilizing cabinetintegrated with a sterilizable wheeled case cart, the sterilizing cabinetcomprising an interior, the interior being sterilizable； thesterilizable wheeled cart and the affixed sterilizing cabinet is rolled intothe floor loading sterilizer； the sterilizable wheeled case cart andthe integrated sterilizing cabinet in the floor loading sterilizer is exposedto a sterilizing cycle； and the integrated sterilizable wheeledcase cart and sterilizing cabinet are rolled from the floor loadingsterilizer, without requiring vertical translation of the sterilizingcabinet relative to the ground or the case cart.
