Sterile water is just that, sterile water (treated to eliminate any microbial presence). It will remain sterile until in use and then potentially contaminated (either by exposure to the air, poor sterile technique, etc)
Bacteriostatic water takes it the extra step and is sterile water with an additive (0.9% benzyl alcohol), which serves to inhibit any potential microbial growth if it gets contaminated.
These are different things.
Clean means there's nothing in it.
Sterile means there's no bacteria alive in it. You can have dead bacteria or non bacterial dirt.
Bacteriostatic means, we don't know if there's bacteria in it but if yes, they cannot make more bacteria. It stays at the same level.
You can have sterile and bacteriostatic, meaning there's no live bacteria in it, but if later it gets contaminated, at least the contamination cannot produce more.
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u/The_Razielim 7d ago
Sterile water is just that, sterile water (treated to eliminate any microbial presence). It will remain sterile until in use and then potentially contaminated (either by exposure to the air, poor sterile technique, etc)
Bacteriostatic water takes it the extra step and is sterile water with an additive (0.9% benzyl alcohol), which serves to inhibit any potential microbial growth if it gets contaminated.