Cancer Risks Spur Calls to Replace Ethylene Oxide

Peter Orris, MD, professor and chief of occupational and environmental medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Jeff Sauter, director of business development, Steri-Tek, Fremont, CA.

Karl Hemmerich, medical device consultant, Salt Lake City.

Greg Crist, chief advocacy officer, Advanced Medical Technology Association, Washington, D.C.

Maura Kahn, vice president of business development, Noxilizer, Hanover, MD.

Suzanne Schwartz, MD, associate director for science and strategic partnerships, FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD.

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American Medical Association House of Delegates, Resolution 507, April 25, 2019.

CobbTV, Aug. 26, 2019.

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Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, TIR17, compatibility of materials subject to sterilization, May 1, 2018.

Statement, FDA, March 26, 2019.

Emailed statement, Medtronic.

FDA, Federal Register Notice, Sept. 4, 2019.