EPA Considering Rules For Stand-Alone Warehouses Handling EtO-Sterilized Devices

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to investigate stand-alone warehouses that handle devices sterilized with ethylene oxide in the future, a category that includes many medical devices, according to a final rule issued in March, and a new final rule for warehouses connected to chemical plants could hint at how EPA will handle the issue. A new EPA final rule issued Tuesday (April 9) that aims to reduce EtO emissions, as well as chloroprene emissions, from warehouses connected to chemical...