HealthPack 2008 announces AORN keynote
When was the last time you had direct access to the operating room to see medical device packaging in action?
At HealthPack 2008 - taking place March 4-6, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas - you will gain insight from the perspective of those inside hospitals and medical labs - operating room, circulating and cath lab nurses as well as other medical professionals who use your packages.
Keynote speaker Mary Jo Steiert, President, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), will address her membership's needs, issues and requirements for medical device packaging, including:
- Safety and sterility considerations
- Packaging efficacy in operating room and emergency situations
- Package integration in the OR
- And more...
This is a rare opportunity to gain an insider's viewpoint on how packaging impacts their day-to-day work.
Also, attendees of HealthPack 2008 will receive the results of a custom research survey on medical device packaging developed with input by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee and AORN. This survey will be conducted within AORN membership.
HealthPack’s preliminary conference program agenda also includes:
- Packaging challenges for drug and device product combinations and how they are successfully linked together
- Medical device shipping environments and how to monitor them
- Key points to consider when auditing for ISO/EN11607 –1 and –2 compliance
- Static electricity – the hidden assassin. What you must know
- Techniques and approaches when conducting risk assessments on your packaging systems
- How IoPP AmeriStar winning designs in the medical device category were developed
- Conducting accurate, reliable and reproducible ASTM F88 seal and tensile strength tests
- Demonstrations of the new ISTA 4AB, a web-based software application that generates custom enhanced simulation package design qualification test plans
- The latest news from ASTM International Committees D10 and F02, IS) 11607 and AAMI TIR 22 – IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee
