Packaging & Sterilization

Packaging & Sterilization

Infection Control Strategies Offer a Plan of Pathogen Attack

Infection control strategies medical device makers and suppliers are taking to combat hospital-acquired infections for orthopedic surgeries.

Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.23.23

Packaging & Sterilization

From Design Freeze to Packaging/Sterilization and Beyond—An Orthopedic Innovators Q&A

Once the product’s design is final, packaging and sterilization questions must be answered if they haven’t already been addressed.

Sponsored released by Life Science Outsourcing Inc. 04.06.23

Packaging & Sterilization

Keeping It Clean: A Packaging & Sterilization Roundtable

A cohort of medical/orthopedic device packaging and sterilization experts discuss the goings-on in their industries.

Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 02.17.23

Packaging & Sterilization

X-Ray Sterilization Considered a 'Game-Changer' for Orthopedic Industry

The more stable method can disinfect products more efficiently, without the capacity constraints of gamma sterilization.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.13.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Medtech Firms Turning to Rigid Containers Amid Sterilization Wrap Shortage

The containers are FDA-cleared for the specific sterilization mobility, similar to wraps.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.09.22

Packaging & Sterilization

EtO Alternatives Dependent Upon Product and Packaging Material

Any alternative methods, however, must be validated.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.06.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Sterilization Method Impacts Packaging Material Choice

Disinfection processes can affect packaging materials in different ways.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.02.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Increasing Packaging Material Inventory Can Mitigate Supply Delays

But stockpiling materials can increase the overall severity of supply shortages for the healthcare industry.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 11.30.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Millstone Medical Begins Cleanroom Expansion Project

The expansion will add 5,000 square feet of Class 10,000/ISO7-rated cleanroom space for medical device packaging.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 09.21.22

Extremities | Large Joint | Packaging & Sterilization | Spine/Neurology

Initiating Implant Infection Innovation

Effort must be put forth by a collaboration between industry and regulators to enable the development of technology to reduce the risks of orthopedic implants.

Gerald McDonnell, BSc, Ph.D. , Senior Director, Microbiological Quality & Sterility Assurance, J&J 09.16.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Benefits of Pre-Validated Packaging—An Orthopedic Innovators Q&A

Saving time to market and costs, pre-validated packaging provide benefits for medical device manufacturers.

Sponsored released by Life Science Outsourcing Inc. 08.18.22

Packaging & Sterilization

EO Optimization and Potential Effects on Sterile Barrier Packaging

This article will focus on how EO-optimization efforts can affect a manufacturer’s packaging validation.

Jennifer A. Gygi, Expert Technical Consultant, Nelson Laboratories 03.24.22

Packaging & Sterilization

Accelerated Aging ASTM F1980-21 Protocol: Revisions and Impact—ODT Videobites

Mark Escobedo of WESTPAK offers insights on the revisions made to the latest protocol and how they could affect orthopedic device manufacturers.

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Packaging & Sterilization

Packaging and Sterilization Update for Orthopedic Devices

They may be two distinct processes, but packaging and sterilization are so closely intertwined that a minor change to one can significantly impact the other.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 02.14.22

Packaging & Sterilization