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Medical device sterilization is essential to a functioning and effective healthcare system. We sterilize our medical devices to protect patients from the risks of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Sterilization of medical devices is required by the FDA to ensure patient safety.

E-beam sterilization is considered one of the safest and most sustainable forms of sterilization, because it does not involve the use of hazardous chemicals, it does not use radioactive isotopes, nor does it produce air emissions that the EPA considers to be hazardous air pollutants. E-beam uses electricity to create a beam of electrons, which is used to sterilize packaged medical devices. E-beam is commonly used in the sterilization of drugs and medical devices, and it is also used for contamination control in the food, beverage, and cosmetic industries, the manufacture of packaging materials, welding applications, and the cross- linking of cable and wire.

E-beam sterilization is considered one of the safest and most environmentally friendly forms of sterilization, because it does not involve the use of hazardous chemicals, it does not use radioactive isotopes, nor does it produce air emissions that the EPA considers to be hazardous air pollutants.

BD makes a range of medical devices that will be sterilized at this facility. BD manufactures a wide range of devices that are necessary for a functioning healthcare system.