BD in Covington Committed to Covington BD (previously C. R. Bard) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BD in Covington Committed to Covington BD (previously C. R. Bard) has been • an active member of the Covington community since 1967 Headquarters of BD’s Urology and • Critical Care business, a medical device sterilization facility and a Global Distribution Center 830 total employees • 1

Our Commitment to Health and Safety At BD the health and safety of employees, community neighbors and patients is of the highest priority. BD’s purpose and guiding principle is to Advance the world of health , and we live by our corporate values We do what is right ü We are authentic ü We are all accountable ü We improve every day ü We help each other be great ü 2

EtO Sterilization Process Emissions abatement A regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) destroys 99.95% of EtO emissions Preconditioning Cell Sterilization Chamber Aeration Humidification and EtO sterilization and primary Secondary degassing temperature control degassing Automated transfer of product between process steps 3

Safety Measures for Employees and Community We achieve Reducing Emissions >99.95% • Best available technology: Regenerative thermal oxidizer DESTRUCTION of ailable emission control technology incinerates emissions xide emissions from all areas of ethylene oxide • Capturing EtO from all steps in sterilization process and sending to thermal oxidizer for destruction including ◊ • Significantly greater than regulatory requirement of 99% o Sterilization chambers ◊ destruction o Back vents ◊ • Verified through independent o Degassing cells en though no longer stack testing and 24/7 monitoring of thermal oxidizer Monitoring for Safety temperature ◊ • Continuous monitoring of combustion temperature within our pollution control BD EtO facility in Covington incinerator, 24/7/365 days a year, a measure of effectiveness of destruction of EtO meets or exceeds government regulations • Continuous monitoring for EtO at 42 individual points throughout the facility through U.S. EPA OSHA • • gas chromatography system Georgia EPD FDA • • Continuous Improvement • Automatic controls in place to shut entire processing system down if temperature • Commitment to ongoing deviates from specified levels to avoid unintentional EtO release improvements to further reduce EtO • Numerous voluntary improvements since facility built in 1991 • No bypass on system - which avoids potential for unintentional EtO release • Agreed to additional voluntary stack testing in response to City of Covington request • Annual maintenance shutdown to thoroughly inspect and maintain all sterilization 4 • Committed to EPD to make further equipment and thermal oxidizer destruction system improvements

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