Assurance of Sterility for Sensitive Combination Products and Materials: New Paradigms for the Next Generation of Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals discusses the medical device industry and existing challenges regarding the exciting new world of sensitive combination products (SCPs) and their terminal sterilization. This book reassesses the current assumptions to assure the patient's best interests are met in the development of increasingly rigorous sterilization methods used to counteract MRSA and other 'super-bugs'. In addition, the book discusses the special challenges faced with…mehr
Assurance of Sterility for Sensitive Combination Products and Materials: New Paradigms for the Next Generation of Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals discusses the medical device industry and existing challenges regarding the exciting new world of sensitive combination products (SCPs) and their terminal sterilization. This book reassesses the current assumptions to assure the patient's best interests are met in the development of increasingly rigorous sterilization methods used to counteract MRSA and other 'super-bugs'. In addition, the book discusses the special challenges faced with implantable medical devices, sterilization requirements and further methods needed for material selection and the design process.
This book is unique in taking a holistic, end-to-end approach to sterilization, with a particular focus on materials selection and product design.
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Autorenporträt
Byron has been with Abbott Vascular for 26 years. He is currently in Operations heading Abbott's Sterilization Task Force. He recently worked in Abbott Vascular's R&D as Sr. Associate Research Fellow, Sterilization Science, and as Director of Preclinical Research & Biocompatibility. He previously managed Vascular's sterilization operations, microbiology, chemistry, calibration and reliability engineering groups. His sterilization responsibilities have focused on developing terminal sterilization solutions for sensitive combination devices. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and is on the organizing committee of major sterilization related conferences. His Ph.D. is in Chemical Engineering, radiation and polymer science, from the University of Maryland. Byron is convener of ISO TC198 WG2, Radiation Sterilization, co-chair of AAMI WG90, Assurance of Sterility and a member of ISO TC198 WG15, Assurance of Sterility. He formerly co-chaired AAMI WG96, Compatibil
ity of Materials Subject to Sterilization.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Sterilization or aseptic processing of single use combination products
Joyce M. Hansen, and Trabue D. Bryans
2. Sensitive combination products: Devices, pharmaceuticals, and biologics
Andrew L. Lewis
3. Terminal sterilization
Vu H. Le, Scott Weiss, Brad Lundahl, and Stan Lam
4. Aseptic processing
Hal Baseman
5. Package/container closures
Thierry Wagner, Jennifer Van Mullekom, Jane Severin, and Michael H. Scholla
6. Review of current practice in preventing health care associated infections
Donna Swenson
7. Risk to the patient-Quantifying assurance of sterility
Marc L. Speck, Harry Frederick Bushar, James Niederecker, and Byron J. Lambert
8. Developing new products
Stan Lam
9. Regulatory pathway for labeling combination products as sterile
Trabue D. Bryans, Eamonn Victor Hoxey, and Steven Turtil