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Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device packaging validation
Among the event's highlights is a new U.S. Pharmacopeia 1083 guidance chapter aimed at pharmaceutical counterfeiting in the supply chain.
May 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
What ISO 11607 revisions mean to you
Compliance responsibilities that were clearly outlined in section 4.4 of the current standard have been omitted from the new International Standards Organization (ISO) 11607-01. Therefore, confusion may arise over certain areas of responsibility such as: • Who should test the packaging suppliers' seals? • Who is responsible for validating package sealing equipment? • Who is responsible for evaluating the biocompatibility or other material characteristics such as microbial barrier properties?
May 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Packaging challenges in the operating room
RN Fran Koch of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas examined 'Healthcare Practitioner and Patient Needs' at HealthPack 2006. "Flipping," Koch explains, is the art of opening a package in the OR. A person standing just outside the sterile field pulls the pack apart from two sides and flips the product out of the pack and onto the table on the sterile field. It isn't the best practice, Koch admitted, "but it works well and surgeons are renowned for it." Another packaging-related concern in the OR, she explained, is that "packaging waste can be a real issue. Two 55-gal trash bags may be filled with waste" during a surgical procedure. Koch addressed how packaging can make life difficult in the OR. Her comments at the March 14 conference session also included the following:
May 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Medical devices: The voice of the customer
A 1980s-vintage series of TV commercials stated, "When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen." The same could be said for two registered nurses who delivered presentations March 14 at HealthPack 2006 in Dallas. But that should come as no surprise since they represented "the customer" to the event's medical device-related audience. Coincidentally, "The Voice of the Customer" served as the conference's theme.
May 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Peelable top film web
Perfecseal
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Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device carousels
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March 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
ABS for medical applications
BASF AG offers Terluran HD-15 acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
March 10, 2006
Package Design
Easy-opening package for sterile medical devices
Alcan Packaging, Medical Flexibles Americas offers the Kwiktear Bag.
March 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device automation at Baxter in Puerto Rico
Insights from a February 16 conference at Medical Device Puerto Rico. At this presentation, Jose Sadurni, general manager of Baxter Healthcare Corp., and Felix Rivera, president of supplier Engiworks Corp., focused on the benefits of factory automation. Among their observations were the following:
March 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device automation; device reuse controversy
Further evidence of advancing medical device packaging automation surfaced during the January 30 MD&M West Conference in Anaheim, CA. Following Belco Packaging Systems' Tom Misik's presentation, Equipment Considerations for Tray Sealing, I asked him if he notices medical device makers beginning to ask for more complex controls on their packaging machinery, as is often the case with food, beverage, and pharmaceutical firms. Misik said medical device companies were driving the use of advanced machine controls and, in fact, had influenced the development of some of Belco's sealing equipment.
March 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Trend spotting: Medical device packaging poised for automation
Long thought of as one corner of the packaging field where volume dictates manual packaging, medical device firms are starting to seek out help to automate production, assembly, and packaging. But a crucial piece of the puzzle, training automation technicians to work in a "validated environment," was missing until recently.
February 10, 2006
Medical Device/Packaging
Lean manufacturing at Smith & Newphew
John White, engineering project manager at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics, cites globalization, and a 'one-piece flow,' lean manufacturing process as critical future issues.
January 10, 2006
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