New EPA rule could loosen limits on medical device sterilization gas emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to loosen limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a gas used to ...

Who gets to repair hospital machines?

Manufacturers’ restrictions on repairing medical devices are slowing fixes and delaying patient care, technicians say. An ...

EPA moves to weaken pollution limits on chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical ...

'I feel like I'm dying': Hospital failed to properly sterilize and disinfect open-heart surgery equipment, leading to slow-growing infections and deaths, lawsuits say

Workers at a Kansas hospital failed to properly sterilize and disinfect open-heart surgery devices, leading to slow-growing M ...