Viant Medical has signed a consent order to stop sterilizing medical devices using ethylene oxide (EtO) at its plant in Grand Rapids, Mich. by Dec. 31, 2020, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).

Viant also agreed to stop using ethylene oxide (EtO) at the plant by Jan. 31,  to conduct monthly air sampling through February 2020, and to pay a penalty of $110,000. The consent order stemmed from EGLE’s contention that Viant had allowed excess emissions of the sterilant gas, a known carcinogen that has been linked, in some people, to specific types of cancers when exposed to high levels over a long period of time.

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