Nearly 300 people blamed cancers on ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from a device sterilization facility once operated by a ...

EPA researchers relied in part on a study of more than 18,000 workers at sterilization plants similar to the one operated by ...

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 ...

Two Georgia communities seek answers after they discover that medical sterilization plants are pumping ethylene oxide — a gas known to cause cancer — into the air in their neighborhoods.

A medtech group that advises the European Commission published guidance on the regulatory status of ethylene oxide (EtO) for the sterilization of single-use medical devices. The Medical Device ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a final rule on pollutants including ethylene oxide and chloroprene, affecting about 200 plants. The EPA said the rule, once in effect ...

Braun plant on Marcon Boulevard in Hanover Township. Ethylene oxide is a gas which is used for the sterilization of medical devices and equipment. It has been linked to breast cancer and non ...

04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regulatory and safety concerns are currently a pressing issue for hospital employees who use ethylene oxide (EO) to sterilize medical devices. The Association for the ...

04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regulatory and safety concerns are currently a pressing issue for hospital employees who use ethylene oxide (EO ... guidance on chemical sterilization and high ...

Ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization was added to the document with updated text and practices that replace outdated information in ANSI/AAMI ST41 and provide comprehensive information regarding ...

Cosmed Group Inc., which provides pasteurization and sterilization services for agriculture and medical-device firms, said it filed bankruptcy to withstand hundreds of personal-injury lawsuits ...