The Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience is a unique educational event which brings together medical device packaging professionals and healthcare practitioners in a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation facility at Michigan State University.
We witnessed a simulated surgery, including the preparation of the operating room and medical device, an emergency department trauma event and an obstetrics event that occurs in the back of an ambulance.
From the two-days HcPIE conference, I received firsthand insights on the preferences and concerns of healthcare personnel. From my understanding, packaging opening and aseptic presentation were found as the leading concern according to all the reported problems, 40% were with aseptic presentation, followed by 31% in package opening.
It is always great to have a facilitated roundtable discussion with the doctors, nurses and paramedics to analyze the performance of the packaging in these contrasting environments.
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