We are pleased to announce that Nelson Labs will be presenting at Sterilisation Summit Europe 2026 in London, UK 29 – 30 June.
For more information and the program click here.
Join our presentations from our Reprocessing Expert, Katleen Peymen, PhD
Panel Discussion on Optimising Sterilisation Practices in Healthcare Organisations
29 June | 11:00 – 11:30 am
- Examining regulatory pathways and fast-track options for innovative and eco-friendly sterilisation methods
- Contrasting EtO alternatives across regulatory pathways, material compatibility, and broader clinical applicability
- Benchmarking risk-based validation against traditional methods and their implications for patient safety
- Charting practical pathways for SMEs to adopt alternative sterilisation without compromising safety or quality
Presentation: Cleaning and Disinfection Validation Insights For Reusable Devices
29 June | 1:30 – 1:55 pm
Followed by Q&A Session
Topics discussed:
- Surfacing the validation challenges that manufacturers rarely see, but every IFU must reflect
- Mapping common cleaning and disinfection failure modes back to design and material choices
- Anchoring WFHSS reprocessing principles into the critical pre-processing steps written into the IFU
Katleen Peymen, PhD
Reprocessing Expert
Katleen Peymen received her PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from the Faculty of Science at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 2019. After her career as a post-doctoral researcher, she started at Nelson Labs Europe in 2020 as a Study Director for Healthcare reprocessing and Microbiology. She is responsible for the study design, analysis and reporting of healthcare reprocessing validations for reusable medical devices, such as cleaning, disinfection, and steam sterilization validations, and is an active member of several International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committees related to healthcare reprocessing.
