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VDmax25 Quarterly Dose Audits: Interpretation of Results
This TechTip provides guidelines on how to interpret the results of a VDmax25 audit
What Are Significant Figures?
Significant figures are numbers that carry a contribution to a measurement and are useful as a rough method to round a final calculation. For more complex systems such as the uncertainty of a dosimetry system, or estimating the bioburden of a product, more accurate methods should be used
What is Bioburden Recovery Efficiency and How to Approach Lower Than Desired Recovery Results
What is Recovery Efficiency (RE)? Recovery Efficiency (RE) is an important part of the validation of the bioburden test method. It is intended to provide an assessment of the efficiency of the extraction technique to remove viable microorganisms from a
Written Agreement Between Product Manufacturer and Contract Sterilizer
This TechTip provides a summary of the information presented in AAMI TIR No. 14 – 2009, Contract Sterilization Using Ethylene Oxide.
X-ray Plant Design
The layout of the plant and manufacturing process is designed to fulfill international standards, including the quality management system standard for medical devices ISO 13485, ISO 11137: Sterilization of Healthcare Products – Radiation, cGMP and Food and Drug Administration guidelines.
X-ray Treatment Characteristics
X-ray irradiation is a practical alternative to a variety of other commonly used sterilization and contamination control methods