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ASTM Workshop on Medical Device Cleanliness: How Clean is Clean Enough?

Sponsored by  ASTM Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices

 

November 16, 2010
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

  

Workshop Co-Chairs: 
Reto Luginbuehl, Robert Mathys Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
Stephen Spiegelberg, Cambridge Polymer Group, Boston, MA
Terry Woods, FDA, Silver Spring, MD



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Opening Remarks

Reto Luginbuehl, Robert Mathys Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
Stephen Spiegelberg, Cambridge Polymer Group, Boston, MA
Terry Woods, FDA, Silver Spring, MD




SESSION 1: FDA AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices: an FDA Perspective

Pamela Scott, Daniel McGunagle, FDA, Silver Spring, MD

The Legal Implications of Medical Device Cleanliness Standards

Steve Bennett, John Schlafer, Baker & Daniels, LLP, Fort Wayne, IN

 

SESSION 2: CLEANING AND TESTING, PART 1

Exploring Methods of Optimizing Surgical Instrument Reprocessing Operations

Jahan Azizi, Linda Lavey, CBET, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

Validation Strategy for an Automated Endoscope Reprocessor

Bradley Catalone, Thomas Gilmore, David Barlow, Olympus America, Center Valley, PA

Effects of Non-Aqueous Vapor Degreasing Solvent Cleaning on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Ray Gsell, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN

Breaking the Myth that Caustic Surgical Instrument Cleaners are Necessary for Safe and Effective Decontamination of Medical Devices

Marcia Frieze, Case Medical, South Hackensack, NJ

 

SESSION 3: CLEANING AND TESTING, PART 2

Cleaning and Testing for Debris in Reusable Medical Devices

Shani Haugen, Vicki Hitchins, FDA, Silver Springs, MD

Evaluation of the Cleaning Efficiency of a Aqueous Based Detergent System for Cleaning Metallic Medical Devices

Boopathy Dhanapal, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN

Two-phase Flow Cleaning of Endoscope Channels

Mohamed Labib, Stanislav Dukhin, Joseph Murawski, Yacoob Tabani, Richard Lai, Michelle Alfa, Novaflux Technologies, Princeton, NJ

Assessment of Organic Residues on Medical Devices

Boopathy Dhanapal, Zimmer, Warsaw, IN

 

SESSION 4: ESTABLISHING CLEANING LIMITS

Establishing and Justifying Limit Values for Residual Analysis

Kierstan Andrascik, QVET Consulting, Layton, UT

Residual Soil on Reusable Medical Devices: How to Determine Limits?

Steve Goldstein, Steve Goldstein Consultants, Albuquerque, NM

 

A PDF copy of the whole workshop can be download here (6.6 MB)