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Medline's Sterilization Wrap Receives FDA Clearance for Compatability With 3 Sterilization Processes

Medline Industries, Inc.’s Gemini surgical instrument sterilization wrap recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for use in steam and STERRAD® Sterilization Systems, the company announces. With this new approval, Medline is one of the first disposable sterilization wrap ...More
March 5, 2013
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Researchers Investigate Effects of Temperature, Air Humidity on Sterility of Wrapped Packages

In a research brief published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna, MS, Flávia Morais Gomes Pinto, MS, and Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano, PhD, of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing at the University of São Paulo, acknowledge the ...More
February 26, 2013
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Kimberly-Clark Sterile Wrap Now Available in Compact Packaging for Dental, Medical Practices

Kimberly-Clark announces that six sizes of KIMGUARD KC100 Sterilization Wraps are now available in space-saving 100 count bags for medical and dental practices. As the industry standard for sterile processing teams worldwide, KIMGUARD Sterilization Wrap delivers superior ...More
February 26, 2013
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Kimberly-Clark Introduces Smart-Fold Sterilization Wrap with Increased Durability

Kimberly-Clark announces the launch of Kimguard Smart-Fold Sterilization Wrap, an innovative sterilization packaging designed to provide the durability necessary for the most demanding applications. Smart-Fold features triple-layer reinforcement, making it 64 percent more ...More
October 30, 2012
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Kimberly-Clark Receives FDA Clearance for KIMGUARD Sterilization Wrap Sterility Maintenance

Kimberly-Clark Health Care announces that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the KIMGUARD ONE-STEP portfolio with one-year maintenance of package integrity (MPI) for KC300 to KC600 for Pre-vacuum Steam and Ethylene Oxide ...More
July 12, 2012
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Cardinal Health DuraBlue Sterilization Wrap Cleared for Use with Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers

Cardinal Health announces Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance (K120542) for use of its DuraBlue™ Sterilization Wrap with Ethylene Oxide sterilizers. "This clearance is an affirmation of our commitment to creating solutions for our customers’ diverse needs, to ...More
June 19, 2012
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HealthTrust Purchasing Group Awards Sterilization Wrap Agreement to Medline

Medline Industries, Inc. announces that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P. has awarded Medline Industries an agreement to provide its full line of instrument sterilization wraps and accessories to HealthTrust members beginning June 1, 2012. The agreement is expected to ...More
May 29, 2012
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Kimberly-Clark Health Care Signs Sterilization Wrap Agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Kimberly-Clark Health Care announces the contract renewal with HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG) to supply KIMGUARD single-ply and double-ply Sterilization Wrap. Kimberly-Clark Health Care has had a long-standing relationship with HPG and under the terms of this new ...More
May 8, 2012
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Winners of Sterile Wrap Contest Announced

Attendees of the annual meeting of the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) competed at the Kimberly-Clark Health Care booth to get the best time wrapping a surgical tray using KIMGUARD One Step Quick Check sterilization ...More
May 1, 2012
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Cardinal Health Introduces DuraBlue Sterilization Wrap

Cardinal Health today introduced its new DuraBlue™ sterilization wrap, a double-layer Spunbond/Meltblown/Spunbond (SMS) wrap that is the industry’s only double-layer wrap with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for use in the STERRAD® 100S plasma sterilization ...More
November 3, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

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