Fact Sheet: EtO Sterilization Prevents Infection
Ethylene oxide sterilizes 20 billion medical devices in the United States each year. Sterilized equipment is critical to preventing serious, even life-threatening, infections in patients at the doctor and in the hospital every day.
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