Quest Engineering Solutions is a leading provider of medical package integrity testing and many other testing services.
The integrity of terminally sterilized medical device packaging is crucial to maintaining sterility of the devices. For example, a bubble emission test or dye penetration test, among a variety of other tests, can be used to test the integrity of the package seals of medical packaging. Quest’s quality process includes validating these test methods per ISO 11607-1 prior to testing your products. These requirements are put in place to ensure that medical device packaging systems remain sterile and provide physical protection to the medical device until the point of use.
Quest Engineering Solutions performs validation testing and is experienced in implementing validated test methods to be used to perform the testing in accordance with ISO 11607-1. Quest can customize these test methods to include your preferred inspection method. These can include variations for different materials and test methods unique to your packaging and your specific requirements.
These tests can be performed following ASTM D4169 Shipping Simulation Tests, ASTM F1980 Accelerated Aging Testing, or as separate stand-alone activities. Please contact Quest for shipping simulation testing, packaging inspection testing, or any other package testing you may need.
Common ISO 11607-1 Package Integrity Tests
- ASTM F88 – Seal Strength
- ASTM F88 – Seal Width Measurement
- ASTM F1140 – Burst Test (Unrestrained)
- ASTM F1886 – Determining Integrity of Seals by Visual Inspection
- ASTM F1929 – Standard Test Method for Detecting Leaks in Porous Medical Packaging by Dye Penetration
- ASTM F3039 – Detecting Leaks in Nonporous Packaging or Flexible Barrier Materials by Dye Penetration
- ASTM F2054 – Burst Test (Restrained)
- ASTM F2096 – Gross Leak Detection (Bubble Test)
Cold Chain Package Testing
Insulated packaging is often used to preserve temperature controlled samples during shipping, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, food products, or biological test samples. One of the most requested specifications for this kind of testing is the ISTA 7D test standard, which verifies that the temperature within the package solution will be maintained for the required amount of time, in both summer and winter conditions.
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