Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one female ...

Yesterday, the FDA approved a medical device terminally sterilized by Noxilizer’s nitrogen dioxide sterilization process. Baltimore-based Noxilizer provides room-temperature sterilization technology, ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

NovaSterilis Inc., a developer of supercritical carbon dioxide technology, has been granted US Patent 8,012,414 B2. The patent, dated September 6, 2011 entitled "Sterilization of Drugs Using ...

Sterilization of primary packaging is important for vaccines. Sterilization of primary packaging, an essential step in delivering a safe, beneficial vaccine, ranks as a critical factor in the timely ...

Ethylene oxide (EtO) was discovered in the late 1850s and first used as a sterilant in the 1940s. Once a go-to sterilization process, its popularity began to wane due to environmental and ...

Medical devices and supplies need to be carefully tracked throughout their entire product lifecycles: from manufacture (including sterilization) to storage, use and disposal. Fortunately, Fujitsu’s ...

A mathematical model that uses microwave spectroscopic methods to interpret EtO measurements may provide a powerful software tool for process engineers. by Zhangwu Zhu and Ian P. Matthews Figure 1.

For healthcare professionals, ensuring medical devices are clean, functional and stored in a sterile environment is crucial for keeping patients and staff safe from harmful bacteria. In particular, ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of hospital equipment sterilization systems produced by Mentor-based STERIS for sanitizing N95 masks that many hospitals ...