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Company Profile: Wipak Medical
Wipak Medical – Steriking ® specialized
packaging for hospital sterilization
ARTICLE BY WIPAK
Wipak manufactures specialized packaging for hospital sterilization, including
sterilization packaging materials, sterilization monitoring products and sealing
equipment and accessory products for sterile supplies.
STERIKING ® CLEAN PEEL, MULTI-X FILMS
Steriking ® Clean Peel range of see-through packaging, thanks to a
unique Multi-X film, provides for a reliable processing and safe
presentation of a packed item. In the modern multilayer film
technology, featured in the Steriking ® Multi-X films, it is possible to
produce steam sterilizable plastic films that resist high
temperatures but have high tensile strength. These films facilitate
strong sealing properties against medical papers, preventing
possible packaging bursting failure. The low incidence of bursting
and tearing minimizes resterilization load and costs.
The two major sources of packaging failure are bursting during
sterilization and/or film tear or paper shear when opening a
package. Bursting of a pack can be caused e.g. by inadequate
seal strength. The cause for tearing and shearing can be a low
internal tensile strength of the film or paper. When exposed to heat
upon sealing and sterilization processes, most plastic materials
crystallize. This crystallization makes the material more brittle, thus
reducing the tensile strength of the film.
Figure 1: STERIKING ® CLEAN PEEL, MULTI-X FILMS
Figure 2: Sterilization packs
STERILIZATION PACKS
A well-designed and correctly used sterilization pack provides for
effective sterilization and safe handling and storage of all items
until the moment they are used. A pack must remain sealed
against bacteria and facilitate aseptic presentation of the
packaged product. The Steriking ® sterilization packaging are
developed and designed to ensure optimal reliability of use in
hospitals and other health care institutions. The sterile state of
medical device, which is achieved through sterilization, is
maintained with the help of an appropriate packaging. The design,
materials and manufacture of the packaging materials have to be
compatible with the medical device to be packed, the handling
processes of the medical device, the sterilization method to be
used, the labelling systems and distribution and storage
conditions as well.
SEE-THROUGH PEEL POUCHES AND ROLLS
The Steriking ® Clean Peel range of see-through packaging is a
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