October 25, 2017
The AAMI Sterilization Standards Meetings were held on 16-18 October 2017. There were almost 300 medical device manufacturers, FDA personnel, heath care facility personnel, testing laboratory personnel, consultants, and others in attendance. One item of interest from USFDA/CDRH is that...
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For over a decade, Nelson Laboratories has been hosting educational seminars called The Science of Sterilization Validation. The aim of these three-day seminars has been to provide MedTech professionals the opportunity to establish or refresh their fundamental testing knowledge and,...
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Thor Rollins, Michelle Lee, and Audrey Turley have been accepted as U.S. experts to four working groups in the Biological Evaluation ISO Technical Committee 194: WG5 (Cytotoxicity – Thor), WG8 (Sensitization and Irritation – Michelle), WG9 (Effects on blood – Michelle),...
See BlogMay 14, 2014
On April 14-16, 2014, I attended the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) semi-annual Sterilization Standards Meeting. These Association meetings, and the standards discussed during them, have a major impact on medical device manufacturers, testing facilities, HCF managers,...
See BlogApril 22, 2014
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) hosted the Sterilization of Health Care Products Committee meeting (ISO Technical Committee 198) to update the worldwide standards used for testing and validating medical devices. Australia was the site of this year’s meeting. I...
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