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BD Sterilization Facilities

Covington and Madison, Georgia

BD facilities in Georgia safely sterilize hundreds of millions of medical devices each year. From urinary catheters, PICC lines, oncology ports, breast biopsy needles, vascular and ureteral stents, feeding tubes, and more, these lifesaving devices are found in nearly every hospital and healthcare facility in Georgia and around the world.

Ethylene oxide gas (EtO) is the only type of sterilization that can be used for these sensitive medical products. Other sterilization methods (e.g., radiation, steam, chlorine dioxide, vaporized hydrogen peroxide) will damage the products or are unable to ensure the required level of sterility.

BD Sterilization Facilities​

Covington and Madison, Georgia

BD facilities in Georgia safely sterilize hundreds of millions of medical devices each year. From urinary catheters, PICC lines, oncology ports, breast biopsy needles, vascular and ureteral stents, feeding tubes, and more, these lifesaving devices are found in nearly every hospital and healthcare facility in Georgia and around the world.

Ethylene oxide gas (EtO) is the only type of sterilization that can be used for these sensitive medical products. Other sterilization methods (e.g., radiation, steam, chlorine dioxide, vaporized hydrogen peroxide) will damage the products or are unable to ensure the required level of sterility.

LEARN MORE ABOUT BD IN GEORGIA

BD in Georgia: Safe and Responsible Operations

  • BD has programs and procedures in place to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements from EPA, OSHA, FDA and all state and local permits.
  • BD sterilization facilities in Georgia use the best available EtO emission control technology in the industry, achieving >99.9% destruction efficiency.

Investing in Safety in Georgia

BD is an industry leader in implementing capture and control technologies to reduce EtO emissions in our sterilization facilities.

In Georgia, BD has made significant investments to upgrade emissions controls to ensure its facilities are below new EPA risk threshold standards for EtO emissions. BD has voluntarily invested millions at the sites to install new control technology and implement process changes to further reduce emissions.