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# Sterigenics Sterilization Facility Temporarily Closed
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/sterigenics-sterilization-facility-temporarily-closed/
- Published: 2019-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T01:49:47.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5145004

FDA says Sterigenics contract sterilization facility in Atlanta, GA is temporarily closed while it undergoes construction to reduce ethylene oxide emissions. The agency says that it is evaluating the impact it could have on medical device availability and it is communicating with any medical device companies that may be impacted. According to an [FDA notice](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/general-hospital-devices-and-supplies/ethylene-oxide-sterilization-medical-devices?ref=fdaweb.com), literature shows that about 50% of all sterile medical devices in the U.S. are sterilized with ethylene oxide. “The types of devices that are sterilized with ethylene oxide range from devices used in general health care practices (for example, wound dressings) to more specialized devices used to treat specific areas of the body (for example, stents),” it says.