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Medical Device/Packaging
Peering into the OR's dirty, wasteful secret
While corporate America eagerly touts sustainable packaging, operating rooms are anything but green. Should that matter?
October 28, 2009
Supply Chain
Insulated systems protect pharmaceutical shipments
Delivering high-value, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals quickly around the globe through widely varying climates, while maximizing aircraft space, presents demanding challenges.
October 28, 2009
Sustainability
Pushing the Demand Curve Forward for Reusable Packaging*
National industry and professional associations, along with packaging and pooling companies, are striving to increase awareness and promote the use of reusable packaging through educational seminars.
October 22, 2009
Sustainability
Stericycle launches online Carbon Footprint Estimator*
Stericycle, Inc. has launched an online tool to help hospitals determine how much their carbon footprint could be reduced if they switch to the company's reusable sharps disposal container from disposable products.
October 22, 2009
Sustainability
Abbott implements more than 40 sustainable packaging initiatives
Abbott continues to make progress toward meeting its goal of a 5% reduction in the amount of packaging used in its key products by 2013, part of a multi-faceted effort to minimize its impact on the environment.
September 17, 2009
Supply Chain
Shipping temperature-sensitive goods with phase-change materials: A primer
Imagine preparing a shipment of your company's latest clinical trial. It's traveling from your headquarters in Boston to a research facility in Dubai - in August - and needs to be kept at 14 C.
August 25, 2009
Supply Chain
Six steps to implementing reusable packaging
Generally, a company should consider switching to reusable transport packaging when it would be less expensive than one-time or limited-use transport packaging. The following six steps can help you to determine if reusable transport packaging can add profit to your bottom line. Reprinted with permission from "Reusables 101," from the StopWaste Business Waste Prevention Partnership and the Reusable Packaging Assn. , these tips are part of author Anne Marie Mohan's (shown here) story, "Reusable transport packaging comes of age," in the December print issue of Healthcare Packaging magazine.
November 26, 2008
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Telecom Asks FCC to Let On-pack 2D Codes Replace Printed Regs
Telecom groups want the FCC to let a QR code replace printed regulatory text on device cartons, an idea the agency shelved in 2017. The questions it raises, from code standards to the 1 in 11 U.S. adults without a smartphone, may inform or shape how OTC, pharma, and CPG brands move leaflets and on-pack text online.
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