A live video broadcast to Facebook about the methods used to sterilise medical equipment has falsely suggested “ethylene oxide-coated” swabs in lateral flow tests cause cancer. This claim reveals the ...
A new electrochemical process that makes ethylene oxide could help slash the carbon footprint of this important commodity chemical. The strategy is part of a burgeoning effort to green the chemical ...
Claims that the British government is “purposefully killing” people by using nasal swabs sterilised with ethylene oxide (EO) to test for the novel coronavirus are false. The EO sterilisation process ...
This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Nearly everyone alive on the planet has drunk from, sat on, worn, washed up with or ...
In 2023, the EPA proposed new regulations for medical device sterilizing facilities that use ethylene oxide, finalizing that rule this March. The rule sets limits on 88 commercial sterilization ...
For many complex medical devices such as endoscopes, sterilizing with ethylene oxide is the only method that does the job without damaging the device during the process. Approximately 50% of all ...
Exposure to ethylene oxide can be unsafe. However, it is commonly used to sterilise medical equipment, including lateral flow tests, and does not pose any danger in this way. Ethylene oxide is a ...
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