Two years ago, FDA found itself scrambling to prevent shortages after shutdowns of two facilities that use ethylene oxide (also known as EtO, or EO) for medical device sterilization. The threat ...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule meant to limit exposure of ethylene oxide to workers in sterilization plants has medical device manufacturers worried about potential delays and ...
As a toxicologist, I have followed the Environmental Protection Agency’s work on ethylene oxide (EtO) closely, and am concerned about how the recent article titled “A Dirty Business: How the medical ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized tighter standards and enhanced worker protections Thursday for medical sterilization facilities that use the colorless gas ethylene oxide (EtO), ...
The federal government is cracking down on a widely used sterilization agent for medical devices, drawing concern from the medtech industry and cheers from environmental advocates. Last month, the ...
IN some hospitals very little consideration is given to the cleanliness and sterility of anesthesia equipment, especially the parts that come into contact with the respiratory system. Crossinfection ...
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized new regulations to govern the more than 80 industrial facilities across the nation that use ethylene oxide, a highly potent and toxic ...
DANBURY, Conn., June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonata Scientific, a leader in advanced industrial air purification, today announced the launch of its revolutionary Helios MP500, a high-performance ...
What association, formed in 1996, was born to spread positive messaging around a particular type of medical device ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a pair of proposals that would cap the amount of ethylene oxide used to sterilize medical devices and some spices. The rules, which would provide ...
For more than a year, medical device manufacturer Becton Dickinson has been working with government officials in Tucson, Arizona, to erect a plant that would sterilize products vital to the supply ...
The first trial in hundreds of Georgia lawsuits alleging people were injured by exposure to a chemical used to sterilize medical products is due to start Monday in Gwinnett County. Retired truck ...