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Medical device makers and the FDA have said for months that efforts to close sterilization plants that produce millions of key medical devices would constrain health care supply. The coronavirus outbreak only increases the strain, the makers say.
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American Spice Trade Association and AdvaMed both warn EPA against tightening the screws too tightly on facilities that use EtO to sterilize medical devices and keep spices free from Salmonella and other pathogens.
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Brushing aside warnings of shortages of properly sterilized health care tools, Illinois lawmakers are moving forward with new legislation to all but force the state’s medical device sterilization plants to close, over concerns emissions from the plants may be linked to an increased risk of cancer in those living nearby.
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Lawyers leading a growing number of lawsuits vs Sterigenics say the medical device sterilizer can easily substitute another sterilization method for ethylene oxide. The FDA and medical device makers seem less certain.
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Industry groups say they would oppose statewide ban on use of ethylene oxide, as proposed in new legislation from a suburban state senator, describing a ban as a "sledgehammer approach" that would harm the state economy and the U.S. health care system.
