Discussions on ASTM package test methods were on the lineup at this year’s HealthPack conference, offering the medical device packaging community tips on using on existing methods as well as ideas for new ones.Todd Dehmer of St. Jude Medical’s...

Whole-package testing of bags and pouches may help packagers predict package sterilizability and ease package validation.By Grey Tilley, West Coast Representative, Tolas Health Care Packaging (Feasterville, PA)Currently, porosity of porous...

Medical package testers are revealing a lot more about their subjects these days. How? Using high-frequency ultrasound, for one. With it, engineers can locate defects as small as 10 µm in packages. Attendees of HealthPack 2003 heard this news from...

Using rapid forced degradation studies may allow you to predict the conditions under which products will fail and to select blister materials accordingly.By Remco van Weeren, PhD, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Technology, Bilcare Inc.,and...

Compiled by Christina ElstonTesting professionals recount problems or defects today’s methods helped them discover.There is a tremendous amount of theory involved in medical and pharmaceutical package testing. But eventually those theories have to...

Revised ISO standard stresses test method validation.By John ConroyTalk about your stress tests. Changes to a key international standard have put pressure on medical device manufacturers to verify the methods they use for validating their...

A look at the sensitivity of currently available package integrity test methods may help you prepare for the findings of an ongoing Michigan State University School of Packaging study on package defect size.As a Michigan State University School of...

DuPont Tyvek's research associate Earl Hackett explains how a 25-µm hole affects sterile porous medical packages. Earl T. Hackettresearch associateDuPont TyvekWhenever engineers locate defects in medical device packages, they must go back and...

ISO 11607, TIR 22, and ASTM all help manufacturers understand their package testing responsibilities. Any medical device package test that is used to support conformance with ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11607, Packaging for Terminally Sterilized Medical Devices...