Respirators And Barrier Materials By Sarah Smit, Senior Lab Operations Manager and Janelle Bentz, Study Director III Coronavirus The new strain of coronavirus originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China has raised new concerns. This virus is similar to the SARS coronavirus and can cause mild to severe respiratory illness. The virus spreads through droplet transmission. […]
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Current Regulatory Landscape for EO Residue Levels in Medical Devices
One of many crucial steps a single-use medical device takes on its journey from concept to commercial product is sterilization. Ethylene oxide gas sterilization, in particular, is one of the most efficient and effective ways of deactivating bacteria and other potentially dangerous living microbes from medical devices; however, manufacturers must take care to control and […]
Sterigenics parent company is now Sotera Health
Sterigenics International said today that it has changed the name of its parent company to Sotera Health, with Nelson Labs, Nordion and Sterigenics as Sotera’s three operating companies. The new name drew its inspiration from the name of the Greek goddess of safety, Soteria, and is meant to reflect the company’s commitment to global health. […]
Nelson Labs parent Sterigenics buys Toxikon’s European lab business
Sterigentics International is seeking to turn its Nelson Labs business into a global extractables and leachables lab testing platform through its acquisition of Toxikon’s European division. The purchase of Toxikon Europe, announced yesterday, represents a capabilities expansion when it comes to serving the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Sterigenics’s Nelson Labs business will now offer Toxikon […]
11 companies with interesting technology at MD&M East
Thousands of engineers and executives are expected to descend on the Javits Center in New York next week for MD&M East, the largest medical device manufacturing event on the East Coast. Fun attractions include Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak delivering a keynote speech, the 19th annual Medical Design Excellence Awards, robot battles and a 3D printed […]
