In a microbiology book, there is a case where the last step of the steam-pressure operation is to cool or dry the heat and wet objects. However, when we sterilize the surgical cotton, dressings, surgical clothes, these emulsions can be inhibited due to the effect of steam. How to prevent this from happening? Even if they get wet, how to dry it.
I don't think there's any way to change the nature of the stuff you're trying to sterilize, which means you can apply the waterproof material to your surgical suit so that it stays dry. However, if you have to deal with the surgical cotton and dressings, it will make surgery useless because they are no longer absorbed.