STERIS is a global leader in infection prevention, contamination control, surgical and critical care technologies, and more.

STERIS is the world’s pre-eminent infection prevention, decontamination, and surgical and critical care company, with a long list of first-to-market products and industry-leading service innovations and thousands of customers in more than 60 countries.

While the corporation was founded as Innovative Medical Technologies in 1985 and renamed STERIS in 1987, our history dates back to 1894 with the founding of American Sterilizer Company, a long-time, global leading innovator of sterilization products.

Today, through a series of strategic acquisitions and continual innovation of new products, STERIS holds one of the broadest portfolios of products in the industry. It stands at the forefront of efforts to prevent infection and contamination in healthcare and pharmaceutical environments, and is broadening its reach with products to meet the needs of defense and industrial markets.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

STERIS has solutions to help prevent contamination at virtually every critical point in the pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing process. Our core capabilities center on the comprehensive washing, decontamination, sterilization, pure steam, distillation and technical services to help you meet demanding regulatory requirements, speed time-to-market and maximize production uptime.

Process Cleaning

The key to any cleaning process is the effective removal of residues. In order to deliver safe and effective drugs to the marketplace, you need an effective program for cleaning manufacturing equipment to achieve reliability and consistency in your manufacturing processes while meeting demanding regulatory requirements, maximizing production uptime, and increasing speed to market. STERIS's complete portfolio of detergents and washing equipment helps you develop a cleaning program that is as effective, safe, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective as possible. Extensive support packages are available to meet your validation objectives.

Sterilization

The success of your plant is often dependent upon an efficient sterilization process. In pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing, sterilization is critical to the integrity of your finished product. To help improve your operational efficiencies, STERIS offers equipment, sterility assurance products, application engineering, preventative maintenance and service to ensure unsurpassed efficacy to help you meet your sterilization needs.