Sterilization Global Sterilization: Making the Standards Standard The new harmonized documents may hold the key to sterilization standards, but critical changes are in store for manufacturers. Robert ...

The Food and Drug Administration now recognizes vaporized hydrogen peroxide as an established sterilization method, according to a final guidance issued by the agency on Monday. The change is part of ...

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

The author clarifies the definition and objectives of overkill sterilization for steam sterilization cycles. Current sterilization practices are reviewed and the validation difficulties associated ...

Performed by supplying dry, saturated steam under pressure, moist heat sterilization (or autoclaving) is used in hospitals to sterilize the surfaces of various utensils, such as hollow items or ...

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 ...

The medical sterilization equipment market is expected to grow, during 2016 to 2021F, due to rising number of surgical procedure combined with the increasing focus on maintaining hygienic environment ...

The effects of failure to properly sterilize equipment are well documented, and it’s clear that these processes are crucial both for broad infection control and the wellbeing of individual patients. 2 ...