Over 75,000 patients will die this year in the U.S. from nosocomial infections (Source: CDC historical data). In the era of CRE and other superbugs, the sterilization landscape has changed forever. The FDA has stepped in to bring EO sterilization back to the forefront. Notably, they now recommend EO for endoscopy sterilization.
Hospitals are recognizing that EO is currently the only low temperature sterilant that succeeds at eradicating hospital associated infection outbreaks and reverting to EO, in particular in regards to endoscopy.