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 ...

Ethylene oxide (EtO) was a hot topic at the recent MedCon 2023 conference in Columbus, OH, with more than one session mentioning the EPAs proposed rules further regulating the sterilizer for medical ...

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 ...

At one or more times in our life we are all likely to end up in a doctor’s office or hospital for a medical procedure. Or we may decide to give blood so that someone else’s life can be improved — or ...

Commercial sterilization operations find themselves in a more unique and complex regulatory context than many other industrial sources of EtO. Unlike the chemical manufacturing industry, which can ...

A few years ago, billboards in suburban Chicago called out to “Stop Sterigenics” as part of a grassroots campaign to close the company’s medical sterilization plant in the area. Residents of and ...

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 ...

NIOSH has published an alert about the explosions, injuries, and deaths that may occur at industrial ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization facilities and repackaging plants. The alert--Preventing Worker ...