Medical device packaging is an important part of delivering the device to market safely and securely, with the sterile barrier intact. Poor packaging can cause safety issues to the medical device and their consumers. If a package holds a sterile medical device, it has to arrive in the hospitals and clinics without any holes, broken seals, it also has to survive or stand on a shelf for years without breaking.
Medical device packaging is regulated Globally. The type of regulations which will be applicable to it will depend upon the kind of packaging, that is if the packaging is sterile or other for a manual non-active device, or for an active device. Mainly is it is necessary to ensure that the packaging is able to perform what it is designed to do, and this is the duty of the legal manufacturer even though he can recruit contract testing lab or packaging facilities for this. The medical field needs the use of a lot of unique equipment, and in some cases, if the medical equipment doesn’t need to be disposed of immediately after the use it is often breakable.
How to improve Medical Device Packaging?
Safety: Possibly the main factor when it comes to effective medical packaging is safety. Basically there are a lot of elements which needs to be taken into consideration when it comes to designing the best packaging solution for medical devices. First of all the right material has to be selected. The material used in sterile medical device packaging has to be discovered safe and effectual for creating a microbial barrier. The package design must be sufficient to withstand through all types of climates and physical hazards.
Detectable: Detectable means the marketing visibility of a product or the actual visibility of the product through packaging. Marketing plays a smaller role, when it comes to medical product packaging, because of the product already being purchased by the hospital or medical office. The actual visibility of a product can make a huge difference when it is connected to healthcare professionals easily identifying the instrument they need.
Simple Use and Applicability: The main aim of Medical device is not just to protect but also to deliver properly. When it comes to effective medical device packaging, simple use is mainly the most underrated feature. If it is dependable, protected, and identified the task is half done. Next, Is it built-in? while opening products in our day to day lives this point may not be that important. Intuitive packaging designed for a medical device is important.
ISO 11607-1-2019: Requirement for materials, sterile barrier systems, and packaging systems
This document states the requirements and test methods used for materials, preformed sterile barrier systems (partly gathered sterile barrier system initial for filing and final closure for sealing), sterile barrier system and packaging system that are planned for maintaining sterility of terminally sterilized (process of sterilizing a product in its final container), medical device until they are used.
It is suitable for industries, healthcare facilities and wherever medical devices are placed in sterile medical systems and sterilized. It does not work on covering all the requirements of the sterile barrier system and packaging system for the medical device that are manufactured clean. It doesn’t depict a quality affirmation framework for control of all phases of production. It is not applicable to the packaging materials or systems which are used to contain polluted medical device during transportation of the product to site of reprocessing and disposable.
ISO 11607-2-2019: Validation requirement for forming, sealing and assembly process.
This document states requirements for the validation processes, of packaging medical devices which are terminally sterilized. This method adds forming, sealing, and gathered partly sterile barrier systems, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems.
It is related to the industries, healthcare facilities, and where medical devices are packaged and sterilized. It does not cover the requirements for the packaging of the medical devices which are manufactured clean. Further requirements would be necessary for drug/device combinations.
In today’s competitive perspective of the medical device industry, as the medical device is important so does the packaging is. The packaging is a highly significant part of the medical device market with its own separate set of security and concerns for safety reasons of the consumers. The packaging carries out a number of purposes, not only it protects the product from contamination or harm, but also displays crucial products information and does brand marketing. In some cases, the packaging is designed as exclusive as the medical device is. The packaging must conserve sterile packaging for protecting the device while it is in transport or while it is in use.
Operon Strategist provides services for manufacturing facilities of Primary Packaging. Consultation for QMS certifications and DMF preparation.
Does primary packaging material require license from Indian FDA?
Primary packaging material license is not a requirement for its manufacturers in India. However adhering to regulatory standards it is essential for a pp mfg to have Type III DMF for USFDA and ISO 15378 standard certification. Hence having Quality system in place for the manufacturing unit eases the export of primary packaging product to various countries.
Operon Strategist provides primary packaging consulting services to manufacturers for ISO 15378 certification and prepare Type III DMF. Our team ensures the system has adequate procedures in place to face the audits from the auditing bodies. Also we train the employees according to the procedures.
What is the definition of primary packaging materials?
Primary Packaging materials are used in the pharmaceutical industry. The packaging ensures the protection of the drug during sale. Objectives of packaging are containment, Physical and Chemical protected, Portion control and security of the drug. Packaging in the Pharmaceutical Packaging are at different levels, Primary, Secondary, and Territory. Primary Packaging is also known as sales Packaging. Primary Packaging is of great importance in the pharmaceutical industries Primary Packaging comes in direct contact with the products itself and sometimes is introduced as a consumer or retail packaging. Primary Packaging is like a package that holds or is wrapped onto your products or medicines, the packaging is usually not removed until the product or medicine is not used. Primary packaging should strengthen benefits and appearance. Benefits are important because if the packaging is defective it may directly impact the users’ capability to use the product. We provide complete Primary Packaging consulting services that include support for the manufacturing facility, DMF preparation and getting the ISO certifications.
