Healthcare Packaging Article Summary Individuals responsible for medical device packaging system design and validation are required to provide a safe and effective packaging system that can deliver the enclosed product to the end user without incurring defect or risk to patient safety. In this article, Karen Greene of DDL, Inc. and Stuart Long of Life Packaging Technology [...]

Updates have been made to the following ASTM Standards: D Category D4964 - Standard Test Method for Tension and Elongation of Elastic Fabrics (Constant-Rate-of-Extension Type Tensile Testing Machine) has been reapproved (with editorial change), available as D4964-96(2008)e1 D5587 - Standard Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by Trapezoid Procedure has been revised to D5587-08 D5732 - Standard Test [...]

Medical Device Packaging Requirements Awareness Is Crucial To Ensure Patient Safety and Medical Device Integrity Minneapolis, MN October 23, 2008 — DDL (http://www.testedandproven.com/), leader in medical device package and product testing, announced that via findings from their October, “Packaging Quizzler” more than 90 percent of medical device packaging professionals understand that conducting distribution simulation testing on [...]

Updates have been made to the following ASTM Standards: C Category C133 - Standard Test Methods for Cold Crushing Strength and Modulus of Rupture of Refractories has been reapproved, available as C133-97(2008) D Category D412 - Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers—Tension has been editorially changed, available as D412-06ae1

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Article Summary A medical product might pass through rigorous testing in-house, but if it can’t survive the transportation process, the efforts made to get it to market are in vain. A process called vibration testing can help avoid this problem, but a lot of people don’t understand its significance, according to [...]

Validating Medical Device Packaging for Extended Shelf Ensures Sterility Minneapolis, MN September 25, 2008 — www.testedandproven.com DDL, leader in medical device package and product testing announced that, via findings from their September Validation for Extended Shelf Life Quizzler, nearly 100 percent of the medical device packaging engineers who responded understand the importance of medical device [...]

Updates have been made to the following ASTM Standards: C Category C749 - Standard Test Method for Tensile Stress-Strain of Carbon and Graphite has been revised to C749-08 F Category F1306 - Standard Test Method for Slow Rate Penetration Resistance of Flexible Barrier Films and Laminates has been reapproved, available as F1306-90(2008) Work Order Category WK21138 - Standard Test Method for [...]

In DDL’s last Packaging Quizzler, an iPod went to Principal Packaging Engineer Jan Gates, who shared her knowledge on medical device validation. This week, an iPod preloaded with DDL’s webinar series “How Will ISO 11607 Revisions Affect Packaging Professionals?” could be yours if you correctly answer the question below. This week’s question is: What testing is used [...]

Bundling accelerated aging and environmental conditioning testing leaves room for error and non-compliance Minneapolis, MN September 11, 2008 — www.testedandproven.com — DDL, the leading product and package testing services firm specializing in medical device package testing, made a startling discovery in its August “Accelerated Aging and Environmental Conditioning Test Quizzler.” Of the group of medical device professionals [...]

DDL, the leading product and package testing services firm specializing in medical device package testing, recently discovered through the company’s July “Vibration Testing Quizzler” that only 46 percent of Medical Device Packaging Professionals truly understand that vibration testing can prevent defective products or packaging from going to market. Minneapolis, MN August 12, 2008 — DDL, [...]