Americans are admitted to the hospital 33.4 million times and visit doctors one billion times a year. Almost all those visits require sterile medical equipment. Syringes for drawing blood. Catheters. Surgical tools. The sterility of these devices is critical to preventing potentially life-threatening infections. When infections do occur, especially in the hospital, with patients already suffering from what brought them in for treatment, the illnesses can be extremely serious. That's where ethylene oxide comes in.
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