healthcare packaging

Listen in as Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Malinda Elammari Clinical Education Specialist at Healthmark Industries. Today's discussion speaks to the different packaging workflows of medical device manufacturers versus hospitals and clinics. During this discussion, Charlie and Malinda cover the topic of the critical importance of preventative and predictive maintenance.

Guest  Description:

Malinda Elammari, CST, CSPM, CSPDT, CFER, CSIS, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CLSSGB

Malinda Elammari is a Clinical Education Specialist for Healthmark Industries. She began her career in the medical field as a Certified Surgical Technologist specializing in Open-Heart surgery. Throughout her career, Malinda has served in a variety of positions within SPD, such as Interim Director of Education and Quality, Sterile Processing Educator and Quality Control Manager, Clinical Operations Manager, OR Liaison, and an Endoscopic Service Rep. In addition, Malinda was the lead instructor for the Central Sterile program at Durham Technical Community College. She holds several certifications in sterile processing through CBSPD and HSPA. Malinda is a TeamSTEPPS Master trainer and is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She is an active member of AAMI and sits on multiple national standard writing committees. Malinda sits on the Editorial Board for AAMI Publications and is a project manager for KiiP’s Aseptic Presentation subgroup. She is a graduate of Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship program and Duke’s Technical Excellence Program. She currently serves as president for the North Carolina HSPA chapter.

Contact: melammari@hmark.com

Listen in as Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Malinda Elammari Clinical Education Specialist at Healthmark Industries. Today's discussion speaks to the different packaging workflows of medical device manufacturers versus hospitals and clinics. During this discussion, Charlie and Malinda cover the topic of the critical importance of preventative and predictive maintenance.

Guest  Description:

Malinda Elammari, CST, CSPM, CSPDT, CFER, CSIS, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CLSSGB

Malinda Elammari is a Clinical Education Specialist for Healthmark Industries. She began her career in the medical field as a Certified Surgical Technologist specializing in Open-Heart surgery. Throughout her career, Malinda has served in a variety of positions within SPD, such as Interim Director of Education and Quality, Sterile Processing Educator and Quality Control Manager, Clinical Operations Manager, OR Liaison, and an Endoscopic Service Rep. In addition, Malinda was the lead instructor for the Central Sterile program at Durham Technical Community College. She holds several certifications in sterile processing through CBSPD and HSPA. Malinda is a TeamSTEPPS Master trainer and is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She is an active member of AAMI and sits on multiple national standard writing committees. Malinda sits on the Editorial Board for AAMI Publications and is a project manager for KiiP’s Aseptic Presentation subgroup. She is a graduate of Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship program and Duke’s Technical Excellence Program. She currently serves as president for the North Carolina HSPA chapter.

Contact: melammari@hmark.com

On this episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Jennifer Benolken, Sarah Rosenblum, Dannette Casper, Cassandra Ladd, and Arthur Castronovo from the Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee (MDPTC) about the success of the inaugural "Fundamentals of Medical Device Packaging" course. Listen in and learn about this valuable course as well as the big news that the course will also be available at the MD&M West meeting in Anaheim California in February.

Jennifer Benolken CPPL, is a Medical Device and Regulatory Package Engineering Specialist with DuPont Tyvek® Medical Packaging. Jennifer works with DuPont Tyvek®’s medical and pharmaceutical downstream customers. For the past 30 years, Jennifer has played an active role in the medical device packaging community through industry organizations, speaking engagements, and by holding a variety of different roles in the value chain, including packaging, labeling, and sterilization. Currently, Co-Chair and DuPont’s Primary Member for AAMI’s ST/WG7, Packaging Working Group, the US’s mirror group to ISO TC198/WG7, Jen also represents the U.S. as a delegate to the ISO Packaging Working Group. Additionally, Jen is the Sub-Committee Chairperson for ASTM F02.50, Package Design, and Development. Jen has been a long-term member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals, currently serving on the National Board of Directors. She also is Chairperson for IoPP’s Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee.

Arthur Castronovo CPPL is a Packaging Engineering professional who has over 32 years of experience working in R&D, Operations, and Supply Chain organizations. In addition to Medical Devices, he has also worked in the Consumer Products and Personal Care Industries. Art's specialties include strategically developing, resourcing, and leading Packaging Engineering and Global labeling departments. His strengths include technical problem-solving, change management, cross-functional collaboration, packaging development, labeling systems, validation, and operations management.

Sarah Rosenblum is the Senior Director of Sales & Marketing at Packaging Compliance Labs (PCL). Currently, she is co-leading initiatives for Kilmer Innovations (KiiP) in Aseptic Presentation and serving as a board member for the Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee (MDPTC) of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). After starting her career at an advertising agency in Chicago, she had the desire to make a difference with her work. Following her father being diagnosis of Parkinson’s, she decided to take her talents to PCL in 2016 with the initiative to help advance the medical and pharmaceutical industries through packaging. Sarah is a continuous student in the field of packaging engineering and always looks for new opportunities to learn from her mentors, peers, and colleagues.

Cassie Ladd is the Sr. Marketing Manager at Packaging Compliance Labs (PCL). Cassie’s primary roles at PCL are managing and building the public reputation of PCL through marketing and assisting the sales team by creating funnels to generate qualified leads. Cassie is one of the founding members of thePACKout and assists with graphic design and marketing efforts for the Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee (MDPTC) of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). After starting her career at a marketing agency and working freelance as a graphic designer in Grand Rapids, she realized clients weren’t fulfilling her desire to help others. She listed the qualities that she wanted her next job to have which quickly led her to PCL. Working at PCL and in the sterile medical device packaging industry feeds her desire to do work that matters and help others by keeping patients safe.  

Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/gt2JRkyP
LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iopp-mdptc

On this episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Don Alip and Randall Troutman from the SPMC (sterilization packaging manufacturers council) on this episode of SPOT radio you will learn the history as well as future plans for sterile packaging days events. 

Guest bio's:

Don Alip is the Director of Product Excellence, Healthcare with Amcor and is responsible for driving the product growth strategy and leading Amcor’s product management and field service teams. Since 2019, Don has served as Marketing Committee Chairman for the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturer’s Council (SPMC), an industry organization dedicated to developing consensus on test methodology among industry-leading sterilization packaging manufacturers and publishing guidance documents for healthcare packaging validations. He can be reached at https://www.sterilizationpackaging.org/members/amcor. 

Randall Troutman is a Senior Executive business leader with a history of building and empowering high-performance teams in the packaging industry. 20 plus years of advancing technical, commercial, and business leadership roles driving market expansion, revenue growth, profit enhancement and overall enterprise value creation strategies.

Excelled in roles accountable for Strategic Planning, International Expansions, M&A Assessment/ Integrations, and P&L responsibility. Worked in various business ownership structures under Public, Private Family Owned, and Private Equity funded enterprises.

Expertly skilled in Business Development, Sales/ Marketing Leadership, Research and Development, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/ EU MDR Regulations, Antitrust related matters (DOJ), Third Party (external consultant) Operational Improvement Programs, and Value Creation Strategic Plan Execution.

Website: https://www.sterilizationpackaging.org/

On this episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Brian Nissen, Jennifer Benolken, and Amy Stewart from the IOPP's 

Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee (MDPTC) about the upcoming "Fundamentals of Medical Device Packaging" course. Listen in and learn about this exciting new event. 

Guest bio's:

Brian Nissen, CPP received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He has been with QTS for twelve years and currently holds the position of Project Engineering Manager. Brian has over twenty years of experience in the medical device industry and has previously held positions at Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, American Medical Systems, and Lifecore Biomedical.  Brian holds current certifications as a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) and Six-Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) Certified Lean Practitioner and has previously held certifications as a Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ-CQE) and Certified Quality Auditor (ASQ-CQA)

 Amy Stewart, Product Development Manager - Printpack Medical, has 25 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry in operations and technical roles for healthcare and various other markets including food, health and beauty and industrial.  Amy is committed to impacting patient safety through her work and with industry organizations in medical device packaging.  She serves as program leader for the IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee Fundamentals of Medical Device Packaging course and formerly served as Chairperson of MDPTC, named 2020 Technical Committee of the Year.  Also, Amy serves on the FPA Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC), which established the annual Sterile Packaging Day and promotes patient safety awareness and celebrates the supply chain organizations dedicated to patient safety.  Additionally, Amy supports leadership programs as a mentor within her organization and specifically, women's leadership in the Greater Atlanta business community.

Jen Benolken, CPPL, is a Medical Device and Regulatory Package Engineering Specialist with DuPont Tyvek® Medical Packaging. Jennifer works with DuPont Tyvek®’s medical and pharmaceutical downstream customers. For the past 30 years, Jennifer has played an active role in the medical device packaging community through industry organizations, speaking engagements and by holding a variety of different roles in the value chain, including packaging, labeling and sterilization. Currently Co-Chair and DuPont’s Primary Member for AAMI’s ST/WG7, Packaging Working Group, the US’s mirror group to ISO TC198/WG7, Jen also represents the U.S. as a delegate to the ISO Packaging Working Group. Additionally, Jen is the Sub-Committee Chairperson for ASTM F02.50, Package Design and Development. Jen has been a long-term member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals, currently serving on the National Board of Directors. She also is Chairperson for IoPP’s Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee.

Registration Link: https://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4833

LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iopp-mdptc

 e-mail: jennifer.a.benolken@dupont.com 

In the latest edition of our Sustainability Perspectives podcast series, Noemi Bertolino, VP for R&D EMEA at Amcor Flexibles, talks to Tim Sykes about sustainable flexible packaging solutions for healthcare, one of the most demanding markets for packaging applications. 

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Our guest Gavin Smith a Chromatography scientist at SGS Polymer Solutions speaks on the role of independent Chromatography laboratory's in medical device manufacturing and packaging development. As medicinal embedded drugs seem to expand in our industry, Chromatography will help us understand the interplay and compatibility of drug chemistry in the presents of our delivery polymers.

Guest  Description:

Gavin Smith is a Chromatography scientist at SGS Polymer Solutions Incorporated with 6 years of experience in polymer and pharmaceutical testing in a laboratory setting. Gavin holds degrees in chemistry and biology from Radford University and Leads the size exclusion chromatography group at SGS PSI. Polymer Solutions is an independent testing laboratory specializing in polymers and pharmaceutical products, including medical devices, packaging, consumer product, and characterization and analysis.

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