Sterilization

The need to protect clinicians has driven efforts to identify safe ways to re-use disposable respirators.

Using vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide, a single Critical Care Decontamination System could process up to 80,000 respirator masks daily.

The Panel on Gamma and Electron Irradiation offers some insight on the steps needed to implement X-ray sterilization.

In response to recent shutdowns of plants that use a gas called ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices, FDA is challenging the industry to develop new approaches to device sterilization and to find ways to reduce emissions from the ethylene...

Porex provided its Virtek venting and filtering solution made from medical-grade sintered PTFE hydrophobic membrane.

The commonly used chemical does present some risks. Here’s how to address them.