How to determine whether a pressure cooker in a laboratory is a special-purpose pressure vessel?

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1 Question: Are the sterilization ovens used in microbiology laboratories (or other types of laboratories) considered special equipment? Is it necessary to subject it to inspection, testing, and management as a special equipment? Should it still be managed as a simple pressure vessel? 2 Criteria for classifying special pressure vessels: (1) Operating pressure greater than or equal to 0.1 MPa; (2) The product of operating pressure and volume greater than or equal to 2.5 MPa*L; (3) The medium contained is a gas, liquefied gas, or a liquid whose maximum operating temperature is greater than or equal to its standard boiling point; (4) When the medium in the vessel is a liquid whose operating temperature is lower than its standard boiling point, it is also considered a special equipment if the product of the volume of the gas phase space and the operating pressure is greater than or equal to 2.5 MPa*L. 3 Based on TSG R0004