How Can You Avoid Issues With Medical Packaging Regulations?
Regulations for medical packaging sometimes differ from country to country and even from state to state. These regulations are necessary for keeping your product sealed before it reaches the consumer and keeping your consumer safe from contamination or an otherwise ineffective product. However, keeping track of all of the rules can be difficult, especially if […]
How Important Is Medical Packaging Testing to Your Business
When you pick out packaging for your medicines or other medical products, you probably do some testing in-house or maybe you rely on the manufacturer of the packaging to do the testing. However, it’s worth it to bring in third party expert package testing professionals to thoroughly examine the packaging for weaknesses. As medical product […]
Sustainable Packaging: The Design and the Benefit
As scientific research and technological capabilities progress and as natural resources begin to dwindle, society seeks to become more efficient and environmentally conscientious and less wasteful. The recent push for sustainability has spurred a movement in recycling and reusing materials in beneficial ways. It’s something seen every day, from smart cars to eco-friendly, sustainable packaging. […]
Who Needs HAZMAT Training?
Working with hazardous materials, or hazmat, can be as dangerous as the name implies. A wide array of materials may be considered hazmat, ranging from flammable liquids to explosives and plenty more in between. It’s important to be aware of what’s considered hazmat, including which markings may indicate something is hazmat, and whether or not […]
Training: Things to consider
It is time once again to provide the required HazMat training for your employees. You contact the same organization who provided training for you before, but they do not have training sessions scheduled in the timeframe that you need. As you look for an alternative, you discover that there are multiple programs that provide HazMat […]
What You Need To Know About Dangerous Goods Packaging
Dangerous goods are any solids, liquids, or gases that can cause harm to living creatures, the environment, or property. Also known as hazardous materials, they are subject to chemical transportation regulations. Materials that are flammable, corrosive, asphyxiating, radioactive, explosive, toxic, allergenic, bio-hazardous, or pathogenic all fall under the dangerous goods category. Gases and liquids that […]
Hazmat Training Prepares You to Handle Emergencies
With the recent Ebola outbreak, hazmat training has again come into prominence. Health care workers caring for those affected by Ebola keep themselves safe from infection with the help of PPE, or personal protective equipment, that protects a person from contamination from the external environment. Hazmat training is relevant not only in the case of infectious outbreaks, […]