In honor of Patient Safety Awareness week, we want to take a moment to connect with the industry's core and goal of patient safety. From manufacturing to material selection, below are four PackTalk blogs that emphasize the importance of patient safety at every step of the way.
Packaging’s Role in Protecting the Patient
Packaging plays a vital role in proper handling and aseptic presentation in any healthcare setting, but especially in surgery. With many pieces of equipment involved in a surgery, come many types of packaging, all to help keep the surgery sterile and the patient safe. This eye-opening article explores just how much packaging can be involved in a single surgery, and how each material plays a role in patient safety.
What is Aseptic Manufacturing?
We hear the word aseptic a lot in medical packaging. By definition, aseptic means free from pathogenic microorganisms, which is essential in preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and maintaining a product's integrity. This particle dives into sterile manufacturing, cleanrooms, and more. All of which help reduce contamination and help achieve the overarching goal of patient safety.
Fighting for Our Lives: When a Healthcare Associated Infection Hits Home
Did you know that 15 out of every 100 patients in acute-care hospitals will acquire at least one healthcare associated infection? Healthcare Associated Infections happen far too often, but are seldom discussed. Despite stringent hand-washing protocols enacted by hospitals, cross-contamination still happens. This article explores the severity of HAIs, and how one non-profit is bringing awareness to the subject.
6 Healthcare Packaging Materials and How They Reduce Risk
In the healthcare packaging industry, each packaging material serves a very important purpose in protecting the product, and most importantly, protecting the patient. Materials play an essential role in creating and preserving the sterile barrier system, also helping reduce patient risk as much as possible.
Patient safety is the core of the healthcare industry, injecting passion into the work we do every day. We’re proud of our involvement in patient safety, and consistently strive to make this a healthier, safer world for all.
