 Ethylene Oxide
"Ethylene Oxide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794)
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D005027
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.411.417
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethylene Oxide" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Snyder GM, Wright SB, Smithey A, Mizrahi M, Sheppard M, Hirsch EB, Chuttani R, Heroux R, Yassa DS, Olafsdottir LB, Davis RB, Anastasiou J, Bapat V, Bidari K, Pleskow DK, Leffler D, Lane B, Chen A, Gold HS, Bartley A, King AD, Sawhney MS. Randomized Comparison of 3 High-Level Disinfection and Sterilization Procedures for Duodenoscopes. Gastroenterology. 2017 10; 153(4):1018-1025.
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