FDA, EPA Take Action Against EtO Emissions

The EPA issued proposed regulations that would limit the use of EtO the same day the FDA launched a pilot program for alternative sterilization methods for medical devices.

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The US Environmental Protection Agency has released new proposed limits for ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from medical device sterilizers.

The first proposed rule would require all 86 commercial EtO sterilizers in the US to decrease emissions by 80%, which...

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