| Subject: | Environmental Protection Agency Issues New Fact Sheet for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities About Sterilizing Medical Equipment with Ethylene Oxide |
| Category: | Miscellaneous (MISC)
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| Published: | Fri, 26 Mar 2010 - 02:00 pm |
| The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new fact sheet reviewing the requirement that hospitals and healthcare facilities (including nursing homes, diagnostic and major surgery facilities, doctor's offices, clinics, and other outpatient facilities) use a single chamber process (that is, sterilization and aeration occur in the same chamber) for ethylene oxide (ETO) treatment of medical equipment and devices. The EPA announced the February 28, 2010 deadline in its 2008... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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