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Oxyfume® Sterilant Gas Blends
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| Honeywell Oxyfume non-flammable ethylene oxide sterilant gas blends - The
workhorse sterilizing gases for re-usable heat sensitive medical devices.
Oxyfume is provided in two formulations: Oxyfume 2000, used mostly by
manufacturers of single-use medical devices; and Oxyfume 2002, used mostly by
hospitals when processing re-usable medical devices. |
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| Oxyfume® 2002 Sterilant
Gas |
| Health care providers who require the highest margin of sterilizing safety
in low temperature sterilizers use Oxyfume 2002. It is a non-flammable blend
of10 weight % ethylene oxide in HCFC [hydrochlorofluorocarbon] -124 and
HCFC-22.The EPA Pesticide Registration Number for Oxyfume 2002 is 67470-9.
Oxyfume 2002 sterilant manufacture and sale must be discontinued in the United
States, under the Clean Air Act, effective January 1, 2010. |
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| Oxyfume® 2000 Sterilant
Gas |
| Oxyfume 2000 is used primarily by medical device manufacturers and by
health care providers who have converted their sterilizers from Oxyfume 2002.
It is a non-flammable blend of 8.6 weight ethylene oxide in HCFC-124. The EPA
Pesticide Registration Number for Oxyfume 2000 is 67470-8. Oxyfume 2000
sterilant manufacture and sale must be discontinued in the United States, under
the Clean Air Act, effective January 1, 2015. |
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| Stericert® Control
Systems |
| Stericert control systems manufactured and sold by H&W Technology,
LLCof Rochester, NY, provides the hospital user a control system that can be
retrofitted on installed blend sterilizers, new or old. Significant performance
advantages. |
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