The agency’s exposure limits were established in 1984 when no one knew the extent of the danger caused by EtO exposure ...

Sterilization Transition Analysis for Manufacturers Facing Looming EtO Regulatory Deadline We’re ready and eager to ...

Although research spanning decades has linked EtO to life-altering illnesses, the Occupational Safety and Health ...

Sterilization Services of Tennessee, one of the sterilization facilities identified by the EPA as a higher-emitter of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide (EtO), uses three different vents — one ...

After years of delays – largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic – on April 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally issued two proposals that would reduce ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions ...

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 ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards to reduce exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO), a cancer-causing compound that has been connected to a South Memphis plant, by ...

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 ...

Ethylene oxide is a colorless, toxic gas used primarily to sterilize medical products. About half of all sterile medical devices — such as wound dressings, stents, syringes, and catheters — in the U.S ...

In the communities of people living and working around the 100+ facilities across the U.S. that use a chemical called ethylene oxide, contamination in the air may cause cancer. If your family lives ...

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 ...

Sterility is a critical attribute of many parenteral products and medical devices. Understanding the dynamics of the various appropriate sterilization processes enables manufacturers and end-users to ...