Sterilization
BeamOne Expands to Meet Complex Device Demand
Mar 01, 2010
BeamOne provides sterilization services to the global medical device market. Pictured is the company’s process conveyor system at a facility in...
Steam: Uses and Challenges for Device Sterilization
Mar 01, 2006
Table I. (Click to See Full Table) A sampling of time-temperature relationships for steam sterilization. The use of steam for sterilization is...
A sampling of time-temperature relationships for steam sterilization
Mar 01, 2006
Table II. A sampling of time-temperature relationships for steam sterilization. Sterilizing Plastic Steam Sterilizing Response Radiation Sterilizing...
Materials that can be sterilized using dry heat
Mar 01, 2006
Table III. Materials that can be sterilized using dry heat. Material Maximum Temperature Acetal (polyoxymethylene) Up to 121°C Aluminum Up to...
Massachusetts Considers Unprecedented Reprocessing Law
Feb 01, 2006
NewsTrends Pamela Furman thinks the bill is industry's way of trying to get rid of economic competition. A bill in Massachusetts could make...
WHO DID WHAT IN 2005
Feb 01, 2006
Debate over Reprocessed SUDs Continues Conflicts over reprocessing single-use devices (SUDs) have persisted for many years, and 2005 was no different. From a...
Merger Creates Largest Third-Party Reprocessor
Nov 01, 2005
Originally Published MDDI November 2005 Industry News Maria Fontanazza Hospitals reprocess surgical instruments to save money. The merger could...
Parametric Release for Low-Temperature Gas Plasma Sterilization
Oct 01, 2005
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine MDDI Article Index Originally Published MDDI October 2005 Sterilization With the possibility of...
Global Sterilization: Making the Standards Standard
Mar 01, 2005
Originally Published MDDI March 2005 Sterilization Global Sterilization: Making the Standards Standard The new harmonized documents may hold the key to...
Despite Complaints, FDA Shows Progress on SUD Reprocessing
Feb 01, 2005
Originally Published MDDI February 2005 NEWSTRENDS Despite Complaints, FDA Shows Progress on SUD Reprocessing Erik Swain and James G. Dickinson Alliance...