Archive for the ‘Pouches’ Category
Friday, February 24th, 2012
FDA guidance and developing standards from ISO and AAMI/ANSI have shifted more attention to device and package designs that consider the needs of end-users and reduce the likelihood of human error.
At Cardinal Health, the usability of product and packaging is formally considered as human factors in design are captured and ...
Posted in Design, End-Users, Hospital, Labeling, Medical Devices, Pouches, Senior Friendly Packaging, Testing | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
A first concern of nurses is avoiding contaminating the inside of sterile packaging when devices are flipped to a sterile field or handed off to the scrub nurse.
At the Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience organized by Michigan State University and Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging, Tony Trier, a masters degree candidate at the ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Design, End-Users, Handling, Hospital, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Pouches, Quality, Safety, security, standards | No Comments »
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
This October 5-6, Michigan State University (MSU) and Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging will once again host the Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience (HcPIE), a unique program that simulates healthcare practitioners' experiences as they interact with packaging. In this year's program, attendees will be able to witness package use during simulated ambulance ...
Posted in Bar Coding, Drug Delivery, Handling, Hospital, Medical Errors, Pouches, Safety, serialization, Transporation | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
One World DMG (Warren, N.J.) is encouraging pharmaceutical companies to choose the company to design and manufacture a custom compliance package and promises to deliver an increase of at least 6% in sales or the design company will refund all design fees, tooling costs, and testing expenses. The confident packaging ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
I was excited to see packaging being employed in a pilot program involving transitional care. We reported in our daily newsletter that Cleveland Clinic will be using Arcadia's DailyMed program to see whether it can reduce readmissions and improve the health status of discharged patients. According to the report, DailyMed ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Pharmacies, Pouches | 2 Comments »
