Designing for Sustainable Sterilization and Its Impact on the Biological Safety of Medical Devices

Hosted by: The Medical Device and Combination Product Specialty Section

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There’s a growing interest in the medical device industry to evaluate alternative sterilization modalities to improve supply chain resiliency. Material compatibility will be a primary challenge for changing sterilization methods which requires updated material characterization data and understanding the mechanisms of the effects of sterilization modalities. Industry collaboration efforts, such as the Kilmer collaboration teams and the Industry Scientific Exchange, brings together experts to expand material compatibility data through a comprehensive series of analytical testing as a part of enhancing AAMI’s TIR 17 to support the transition and change between sterilization modalities. The change in sterilization method could potentially introduce biological safety risks. We will also discuss biocompatibility strategies for transitioning to sustainable sterilization modalities, focusing on key biocompatibility assessment considerations, the impact of sterilization method changes, and the importance of materials compatibility with sterilization. The change in sterilization method could potentially introduce biological safety risks. We will also discuss biocompatibility strategies for transitioning to sustainable sterilization modalities, focusing on key biocompatibility assessment considerations, the impact of sterilization method changes, and the importance of materials compatibility with sterilization.

Speakers:

• Vu Lekate, Abbott
• Zengmin Xia, Abbott
  
  Registration required for this free webinar.