How Andersen EO Sterilizers Help Veterinary Clinics Save Money

How Andersen EO Sterilizers Help Veterinary Clinics Save Money

Our Systems Help You Save On Your Bottom Line Veterinary Hospitals and Clinics Reduce Costs With Andersen As the cost of surgical devices, sterilization, and supply chain delays continues to rise, veterinary practices often face the challenge of balancing quality care and cost efficiency. Andersen’s FDA-cleared systems, featuring Ethylene Oxide-Flexible Chamber Technology® (EO-FCT), provide terminal…

What Is Used To Sterilize Dental Instrument

What Is Used To Sterilize Dental Instrument

What is used to sterilize dental instruments? In dental practices, ensuring the sterility of dental tools is essential to protect patients from infections and cross-contamination. To achieve this, various methods and tools are employed. Let’s take a look at the methods and tools that are used in the process of sterilizing instruments. By understanding the…

Rediscover The Cost-Saving Benefits of Low-Temperature Gas Sterilization

High-tech medical instruments are costly to replace. Andersen’s low-temperature ethylene oxide (EO) gas sterilization systems help extend the lifespan of expensive medical devices by preventing the wear and tear caused by traditional sterilization methods. Because EO operates at a lower temperature than steam sterilization, it effectively sterilizes heat-sensitive instruments without causing damage. “Our systems offer…

Retirement? Not Until The Cows Come Home, He Says

By Karen E. Butler, Director of Communications Leonidas Newlin, 81, joined Andersen Sterilizers, a family-owned medical device manufacturer in Haw River, North Carolina, almost 40 years ago. People ask him all the time, “When are you going to retire?” He merely shrugs his shoulders and with a protracted southern drawl says, “Who knows?” Leonidas lives…

Gas Sterilization Offers Gentle Yet Effective Cycles

Gas Sterilization Offers Gentle Yet Effective Cycles

By Karen E. Butler, Director of Communications Andersen Sterilizers was founded by H.W. Andersen, M.D., 66 years ago. As a young surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Andersen developed a line of nasogastric tubes and wound drains that dramatically improved upon the then-current designs. The need to effectively sterilize these delicate instruments led to the launch…

Why Is Ethylene Oxide Used For Sterilization Of Syringes?
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Why Is Ethylene Oxide Used For Sterilization Of Syringes?

More than half of all medical devices in the U.S. are sterilized using ethylene oxide (EO) gas. Instruments made with plastic, like syringes, surgical gloves, and IV tubes, cannot withstand the high temperatures used by other sterilization methods to achieve terminal sterility. Ethylene oxide, however, achieves terminal sterility at low temperatures and with zero damage….