Device Week, 6 December 2019 – Oh No, EtO!

Over the past year a number of medical device sterilization facilities that use ethylene oxide, or EtO, have shut down as US state regulators have raised concerns about their potential environmental impact. On this week’s podcast, executive editor Shawn M. Schmitt chats with senior reporter Danny Al-Faruque about what’s happened to date, as well as where this EtO issue is headed in the future.
Medtech Insight articles addressing topics discussed in this episode:
• Risk Of Sterilization Plant Shutdowns Across US Sends Shockwave Through Industry
https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125844/Risk-Of-Sterilization-Plant-Shutdowns-Across-US-Sends-Shockwave-Through-Industry
• US FDA Experts Caution Against Banning EtO, Encourage More Duodenoscope Training
https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125882/US-FDA-Experts-Caution-Against-Banning-EtO-Encourage-More-Duodenoscope-Training
• Listen: Medtronic Exec Highlights Ethylene Oxide Standards At First Day Of FDA EtO Meeting
https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125874/Listen-Medtronic-Exec-Highlights-Ethylene-Oxide-Standards-At-First-Day-Of-FDA-EtO-Meeting
• Teleflex Says It Will Lose $9m – And Maybe More – Due To EtO Plant Shutdown
https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125869/Teleflex-Says-It-Will-Lose-$9m--And-Maybe-More--Due-To-EtO-Plant-Shutdown