A move by the Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency to close a sterilization plant in the state that uses ethylene oxide and the voluntary closing of a plant in Michigan which uses the same chemical to sterilize medical equipment could result in a shortage of sterile medical devices, according to the US FDA. Find out what the agency is doing to mitigate the risk, including issuing a challenge to invent new sterilization methods, and launching an informational website about the issue, in this Medtech Insight article.