The use of advanced monitoring technologies in four key aspects of EtO sterilization can yield substantial business and regulatory benefits. Paul J. Sordellini, Frank R. Bonanni, and Gregory A.

For many complex medical devices such as endoscopes, sterilizing with ethylene oxide is the only method that does the job without damaging the device during the process. Approximately 50% of all ...

Grist reporters Naveena Sadasivam and Lylla Younes have investigated ethylene oxide emissions at workplaces and fenceline communities around the U.S. since 2023. In addition to the investigation, we ...

The medical device sterilization industry has faced increasing scrutiny over the past 10 years, due to a series of sentinel events and resulting personal injury suits surrounding its use of the ...

1. The use of ethylene oxide is critical for the sterilization of medical equipment, which protects patients against infection and the transmission of disease. The continued utilization of ethylene ...

Ethylene Oxide (EtO, EO), a sterilant gas and a key ingredient in chemical feedstock, is being subjected to a major regulatory oversight revision to ensure industrial facilities limit fugitive ...

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 ...