This past year was an exciting one for Nelson Laboratories! We were acquired by Sterigenics International in April. With the merger of Nelson Laboratories and Sterigenics’ SteriPro® Labs, our global facilities and expertise now allow us to continue investing in new services, equipment, and facilities. We have expanded our footprint to localize our portfolio of offerings with ten lab facilities in eight countries. We continue to develop our talent pool to provide the industry’s best lab services and expertise.

Over the next two years, we will be announcing facility renovations, service expansions, and organizational changes to help align our network of labs to meet expanding global needs. We appreciate the loyalty of our clients as we move forward – expanding on their trust.

We are excited and honored to serve the growing MedTech industry to fulfill our heart-felt mission to help the best companies in the world improve the quality of life.

This year, we strived to produce valuable resources to help our clients every step of the way:

WHITEPAPERS

Establishing Bioburden Alert and Action Levels

3D Printed Medical Devices and Biocompatibility

Considerations for Sterilization and Biocompatibility of 3D-Printed Orthopedic Devices

WEBINARS

The Power of Extractable / Leachable Chemistry for Medical Devices

Changing a Colorant in an Approved Medical Device, What Should I Know?

Focus on Fundamentals Day 1: Develop a Biological Evaluation Plan (BEP)

Focus on Fundamentals Day 2: Understanding Test Options

Focus on Fundamentals Day 3: Summarize all your Findings in a Biological Evaluation Report (BER)

How to Develop a Risk-Based Biological Safety Evaluation Per New US FDA Guidance

New Approaches to Assessing Biocompatibility for Medical Devices

When Do I Really Need to Perform an Ethylene Oxide Requalification?

Water Quality for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Processes

THIRD-PARTY PUBLISHED ARTICLES

FDA Guidance for ISO 10993-1: What to Expect

• MD+DI
• January
• Author: Audrey Turley

Sterilization Risk

• ODT & ODT Online
• February
• Quoted: Martell Winters

Understanding Validation for Verification Dose Maximum Sterilization

• MDT & MDT Online
• March
• Authors: Wendy Wagsgard and Sean Shepherd

Creative Proof

• MPO & MPO Online
• March
• Quoted: Martell Winters

When Do I Really Need to Perform an EO Requalification?

• MPO & MPO Online
• April
• Authored By: Dan Floyd & Paul Littley

Chemical Characterization Can Supplement and Support Biocompatibility Testing

• Tech Briefs Online
• April
• Authors: Thor Rollins, Sarah Campbell, Audrey Turley

How Clean is Your Cardiovascular Device?

• Medical Design Technology
• April / May
• Author: Emily Mitzel
• Note: Featured Article

Testing and Sterilization Support, Integrated

• Packaging Digest
• May 24
• Quoted: Jeff Nelson

Quick Guide to FDA’s Draft Guidance on 3D Printed Devices

• MD+DI Online
• May 24
• Authored By: Matthew Jorgensen

Justifying Family Groupings to Maximize Value for Cleaning and Sterilization

• Orthopedic Design & Technology
• May / June
• Authors: Emily Mitzel and Nick Workman

Medical Packaging Testing Discussion to take Center Stage at MD&M Minneapolis

• Packaging Digest online
• August 23
• Featured: Wendy Mach as a panelist at MD&M Minneapolis

Pay Attention, This will be on the (Device) Test

• Orthopedic Design Technology (ODT)
• September / October
• Quoted: Mathew Jorgensen, PhD and Thor Rollins

Top 3 Questions About Extractable / Leachable Testing

• MD+DI Online
• October 3
• Author: Matthew Jorgensen, PhD

Considerations for Sterilization and Biocompatibility of 3-D Printed Orthopedic Devices

• MD+DI Online
• October 10
• Authors: Thor Rollins and Matthew Jorgensen, PhD

Microbiologist Identifies Noncritical Device Disinfection Challenge

• AAMI News
• October
• Author: Natalie Weber

New FDA Guidance for 501(k) Submission of Orthopedic Medical Implants

• ODT
• November / December
• Authors: Martell Winters and Quinton Inglet

Validating IFUs for Reprocessed Medical Devices

• MDB
• December
• Author: Emily Mitzel

How the New FDA Guidance on Biocompatibility Affects Medical Device Manufacturers

• MD+DI
• Authors: Thor Rollins and Audrey Turley

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