Optimization of the ethylene oxide sterilization process.
Hospitals and manufacturers of medical supplies use ethylene oxide (EO) gas almost exclusively to sterilize devices that are heat sensitive. However, the evidence relating the mutagenicity and cytogeneticity shows the desirability of reducing personal exposure to a practical minimum.
D002495:Central Supply, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005027:Ethylene Oxide / Q000592:standards*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom