Karl J. Hemmerich is the manager of plant operations for STERIS Isomedix (Sandy, UT), and John Masefield is executive advisor to STERIS. Jerry R. Nelson, PhD, is director of Nelson Laboratories Inc.

A proposed AAMI/American National Standard provides specific requirements and guidance for using a sterilization process for healthcare products that could be adversely affected by more common ...

Following the closures of contract sterilization facilities that prompted the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alert to the potential for medical device shortages, the agency launched two ...

The techniques used to clean and sterilize flexible ureteroscopes leave behind contamination including debris, residue, and bacteria, according to a new study. Researchers concluded that these ...

Harmful microorganisms such as bacteria represent one of the largest threats to human health. Efficient sterilization methods are thus a necessity. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team ...

Low-energy X-rays are able to sterilize materials, offering a potentially cheap and effective alternative to current techniques, A*STAR researchers have shown. The effect of the X-rays on bacteria ...

(a) The PCA score map, (b) TMAC, and (c)–(j) main anthocyanin monomer (> 2.5 mg/L) content of AMJ. The study investigated how ultra-high temperature instantaneous sterilization (UHT), thermosonication ...

Thanks to advances in semiconductor and packaging technologies, today integrated circuits (ICs) are found in a widening array of equipment, including medical devices. A particular challenge for ...