STERIS Announces Opening of Ethylene Oxide Processing Facility in Batu Kawan, Malaysia

As part of our long-term commitment to supporting global medical device manufacturing, STERIS is pleased to announce a new ethylene oxide (EO) processing facility in Batu Kawan industrial Park in Penang, Malaysia.

The addition of the EO facility to the STERIS network complements our existing electron beam, gamma, X-ray, and microbiological testing services in Kuala Ketil, Kulim, Port Klang, and Rawang, Malaysia; Chonburi, Thailand; Suzhou, China and Singapore.

Additional EO processing capacity in Asia furthers our commitment to ensuring patient safety through a technology-neutral service offering that includes radiation and gas processing options, now and well into the future.

Our global EO offering includes  Sustainable EO® sterilization services , which provides Customers with strategies to reduce the EO sterilant used in the sterilization process to achieve the prescribed Sterility Assurance Level. The program includes innovative approaches to EO sterilization, such as cycle design, validation strategy, and process challenge device design, all focused on reducing EO residuals on healthcare products.

The addition of EO capacity in Malaysia allows for increased technology-neutral processing options in the APAC region and throughout our global network, and allows us to support Customers with both routine services and processing redundancy.

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