Archive for the ‘Sterilisation’ Category
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
While in Japan recently, I made a stop at Nichiyu Giken. Talk about a diverse company. Their slogan is “from the ocean to outer space,” and they mean it. My purpose in visiting with them was to discuss their medical indicator strips, but hearing about the company background really opened ...
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Sunday, April 24th, 2011
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Although X-ray sterilisation has been used in medical device applications for approximately 15 years, uptake of the technology has ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
MEDTEC Europe exhibitor Sterisys (Stand 6555) designs and manufactures EtO and steam sterilisers for medical technology applications. Offering new systems and the ability to refurbish existing sterilisers, the company additionally supplies process components and will assemble and commission equipment at the customer’s site. Modular construction concepts and rational production principles ...
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
US FDA requires manufacturers of reusable medical devices to provide complete written instructions for the handling, cleaning, disinfection, testing, packaging, sterilisation and, if appropriate, aeration of their products. To help manufacturers achieve compliance in the design, testing and labelling of such devices, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation ...
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Leukocare AG, a privately owned company developing innovative life science technologies, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with Sterigenics, a global sterilisation services provider. As part of this cooperation, Leukocare plans to use their Stabilising and Protecting Solutions (SPS) technology together with Sterigenics’ irradiation expertise to establish new sterilisation ...
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
At the Isotron 2010 Lab Education Day on 30 November, 2010 you can find out how to ensure that your medical device is sterile. At the event taking place in Ettington Chase, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, attendees will learn more about microbiological validation and compliance. The education day will include speakers from ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
They may be called cleanrooms, but they sure can leave a dirty carbon footprint. Dycem, a maker of high-performance contamination control zones for medtech manufacturing and other critical applications, says it is doing something about that.
Dycem has pledged to reduce energy usage and shrink its carbon footprint whilst eliminating waste. ...
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
When Ritter GmbH needed to design a sterilisation and transport container tough enough to withstand the alkalinity and high temperatures of updated chemical cleaning and sterilisation requirements, the manufacturer of labware and medical products turned to Sabic Innovative Plastics. The materials supplier didn't miss a beat: Sabic developed a special grade of ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
A solar-powered autoclave? Rest assured that this is not the brainchild of an overzealous environmental-minded engineer—the carbon footprint of all autoclaves currently in use would have to be infinitesimal. Rather, the device, which is not commercially available, is one of seven novel technological innovations submitted to the World Health Organisation ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
SteriPack's package testing laboratory has been certified to ISO 17025. The lab is located in the medical packaging supplier's expansive headquarters in Clara, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
"The laboratory accreditation means that we can offer our clients an unsurpassed level of expertise, and proficiency in our testing,” says Gary Leonard, Technical Manager. “It ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
From the Wire: Researchers at Glyndwr University have developed technology for producing a portable device for sterilising medical equipment using a £40 microwave oven. The everyday kitchen device has been used to deliver a low cost, chemical-free solution to killing harmful bacteria on medical tools used in surgeries. The research has been led by ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Contract sterilisation service provider, Sterigenics International is expanding its facility at Petit Rechain, Belgium. The decision comes in response to increased customer demand in the past 18 months, says the company, and is a next step in its long term strategy to create a network of equivalent sterilisers. It will ...
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