The new cleanroom at our global headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, was designed for today's rigorous contamination control expectations, driven by EU GMP Annex 1. Learn More
Human factors engineering (HFE), also referred to as usability engineering, is a structured, risk-based process intended to reduce use errors and ensure medical devices are safe and effective for their intended users, uses, and environments. As regulatory expectations continue to...
Every year Nelson Laboratories tests and validates thousands of medical devices. One particular family of reusable medical devices, endoscopes, can present unique challenges for manufacturers and healthcare reprocessing facilities. Responding to recent attention on reusable endoscopes, particularly the reusable duodenoscopes...
The FDA’s new guidance document, Reprocessing Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff issued March 17, 2015, outlines a summary of changes to the FDA’s May 11, 2011 reprocessing draft guidance. Based on the content and addition of Appendix E, this...
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,...
Agenda: Emily Mitzel will present on reusable medical device cleaning, disinfection and sterilization validations at the 2014 MD&M West Conference. Emily is a Laboratory Manager at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her presentation will include: Standards that govern...
