Expertly curated sterilization and infection control news. Plus tips and best practices on how to get the most out of your Andersen Sterilizer.
Richard Brooks at Friendship Hospital for Animals in DC tells us how he saves thousands of dollars using his new EOGas 4 sterilizer.
Every month, Andersen’s Ted May will explore topics like safety, history, emissions and even molecular science related to […]
Andersen Sterilizers is pleased to announce its president and CEO, A.E. “Ted” May, has been appointed to a three-year term as Co-Chair of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Hospital Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilizer Working Group. May’s term begins September 2021.
You should you care about Tax Code 179 because it allows you to deduct 100% of the cost of your new gas sterilizer from your 2021 gross income! Tax Code 179 is an incentive created by the US government to encourage businesses to buy equipment and invest in themselves. Put Tax Code 179 to work for you.
An experienced veterinary technician gives tips on how to get the most from your Andersen Sterilizer. Each short video is less than two minutes and focuses on topics designed to make a vet tech’s job just a little bit easier. This week: Have You Outgrown Your Sterilization Solution?
When COVID-19 took over our lives in 2020, many felt the immediate need to help, but weren’t quite sure how. Carl May, grandson of company founder Dr. Harold W. Andersen, didn’t hesitate. He pressed pause on plans to attend college in Fall 2020 & joined Andersen’s contract sterilization sister company, Andersen Scientific, as a sterile processing technician where he spent months sterilizing millions of COVID test swabs for manufacturers across the country.
Is ethylene oxide (EO or EtO) more toxic than hydrogen peroxide? What are the most prevalent myths about EO in the industry today? What does the future of EO look like? Andersen’s President and CEO, A.E. (Ted) May joined Beyond Clean’s Justin Poulin for an intensely honest conversation about gas sterilization. In typical Beyond Clean fashion, Poulin asked the tough questions regarding the history surrounding EO and its role in the future of hospital sterile processing departments, specifically around duodenoscope and endoscope reprocessing.
Andersen’s innovation, affordability and customer service is earning headlines! North Carolina Biotechnology Center wrote an article “Andersen Sterilizers: An NC Company with a Global Impact” published this morning.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is investigating reports of infections associated with reprocessed urological endoscopes. The FDA received more than 450 medical device reports (MDRs) describing post-procedure patient infections or other contamination issues associated with reprocessing urological endoscopes. Andersen’s EOGas 4 presents an FDA-cleared terminal sterilization option for the urological endoscopes under investigation, as well as significantly longer and smaller diameter scopes.
Andersen recently welcomed leadership from North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBiotech) to tour its manufacturing campus in Haw River, NC, and industrial sterilization sister company, Andersen Scientific in Morrisville, NC. Andersen works with NCBiotech to provide critical sterilization resources for start-ups, R&D departments and companies developing strategies to bring devices to market in North Carolina.
Jennifer Hoch, DVM, opened Mobile Veterinary Surgical Services (MVSS) out of Oak Ridge, NC in March of 2020. We caught up with her recently to ask how things were going. Dr. Hoch said EO’s ability to sterilize gently and effectively allows her practice the ability to save significant resources normally spent on equipment purchasing and maintenance.
Andersen’s EOGas 4 is the first, and only, sterilization system FDA 510k cleared for terminal sterilization of duodenoscopes and colonoscopes. A true game changer for healthcare facilities that sterilize these critical instruments. On a recent Beyond Clean podcast, Ted May, Andersen President and CEO, and Dr. Larry Muscarella of LFM Healthcare Solutions LLC, take you inside the science behind this one-of-a-kind sterilization technology proven to sterilize the toughest endoscopes on the market.
Andersen’s manufacturing team recently welcomed a newly commissioned Humidichip assembly machine that will increase production of the consumable by 400%. After about 6 months to build and ship, it has now been crane lifted to its new home in Andersen’s manufacturing headquarters in Haw River, NC.
Andersen’s EOGas 4 has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the only terminal sterilization solution for duodenoscopes and colonoscopes. With this clearance, the EOGas 4 sterilization system reflects the FDA’s latest validation expectations for terminal sterilization of lumened devices, including those with elevator mechanisms.
Andersen Sterilizers’ systems take your infection control to the next level. Our sterilizers are the perfect partner to your steam autoclave – protecting expensive instruments and scopes while keeping your clinic’s infection control nimble and well-fortified.
Andersen Sterilizers has been honored with the 2020 Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award. The medical device manufacturer based in Haw River, North Carolina, was recognized for its high-efficiency, low-emission sterilization process, and its cooperation with State and Federal officials on regulatory and permitting issues.
Two leading plastic surgeons with one big reason for loving Andersen: “It saves my practice money!” Watch their testimonials now. Andersen Sterilizers’ systems are the ideal solution for plastic surgeons as they satisfy all your practice’s top challenges and requirements, including: ROI in just a few months, tabletop, free support & training, only 17.6g of gas per cycle and more!
We visited with BluePearl of Richmond VA when the large veterinary emergency surgical practice upgraded to an EOGas 4 sterilizer. We asked them about the upgrade and the biggest benefits to their practice. One of them was drastically reduced repair and maintenance on drills and other surgical equipment – saving both money and time.
Directly following the premiere of Andersen’s “Beyond the Tour” episode, our sterilization experts & the Beyond Clean team participated in a live Q&A session with viewers.
Some of the questions addressed were:
-Isn’t EO more dangerous than other sterilization systems?
-I thought ethylene oxide was going to be banned.
-Are you suggesting ethylene oxide will replace hydrogen peroxide?
Read the highlights of the Q & A or watch the entire conversation.
Andersen is pleased to be featured in the world premiere of “Beyond the Tour” – a film series produced by Beyond Clean, highlighting stories of innovation and disruption in the healthcare industry that deserve to be told. In this premiere episode, Andersen takes viewers behind-the-scenes to reveal the processes, technology, culture and innovation that has made it a leader in 100% ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization for more than 60 years.