On this short episode of the Spot Radio Podcast Charlie Webb CPPL speaks about his visit to the HSPA (healthcare sterile processing association) conference in Nashville Tennessee.  Charlie also looks ahead to upcoming discussions on spot radio... Host bio: Charlie A. Webb CPPL | Founder & CEO of Van der Stähl Scientific Charlie Webb CPPL is the founder and President of Van der Stahl Scientific; a medical device packaging and testing machine provider and packaging testing and calibration laboratories. He also hosts the popular Podcast "SPOT Radio" (sterile packaging on track) www.spo ..read more

On this episode of SPOT radio Charlie Webb speaks with members of the Pack-Out conference that will be held in Austin Texas, May 9-11. This is the 2nd year of the Pack-Out and this healthcare packaging conference promises to bring exciting new additions to the attendee. Built into the architecture of this conference will be experiences designed to facilitate peer connection and foster industry learning. Listen in and learn more about the exciting plans for this year's healthcare packaging conference, the Pack-Out. About: The Pack-Out conference: To advance the industry and continue building ..read more

On this episode of the SPOT radio Podcast, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Sarah Deputy CKF from Van der Stähl Scientific about preventive maintenance of critical medical device packaging equipment. Learn how PMs can help save a medical device company from a potential packaging recall. Guest bio: Sarah Deputy Sarah is a skilled Service technician in Van der Stahl Scientific's ISO 17025 calibration and service center. She performs laboratory studies for medical device pouch seal strength and integrity for validating the sterile barrier system. Sarah is also a skilled calibration technician and ..read more

On this episode of SPOT radio Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Karen Goelst CEO of KleenEdge about their technology that helps manage patient curtain exchange cycles with the aim of preventing patient infections.  Guest bio's: Karen Goelst | Founder & CEO of KleenEdge  With a 20-year background in architectural specialties and textiles, Karen Goelst became passionate about solving the issues surrounding privacy curtains following her 15-year-old son’s hospital stay with MRSA. Staying at his bedside she noticed everybody touched the fabric privacy curtain, but the label showed that ..read more

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 Packagin ..read more

On this episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL and Pieter Van Gool speak with Eddy van den Berg of Pharmafilter B.V.  about their company's amazing technology that provides a much deeper solution for hospital waste stream management. The centralization of the waste stream holds incredible promise for reducing the expanding burden of hospital waste. Guest bio's:  Pieter Van GoolStrong product development professional with demonstrated capabilities in leadership, strategy, innovation management, product development and industrial design, and significant experience in the medical dev ..read more

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 (SPM ..read more

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 dev ..read more

In this two-part episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Carol Barnum Ph.D. from the UX firm about the human connection piece for medical devices and medical device packaging to the clinician. Carole provides insight during this engaging conversation on how the UX Firm guides clients through comprehensive user research projects and single usability studies. UX Firm’s toolkit of usability services includes usability testing, human factors validation testing, and a wide variety of UX research tools to uncover user experience at every stage of development. About: Carol Barnum Carol B ..read more

In this two-part episode of SPOT radio, Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Carol Barnum Ph.D. from the UX firm about the human connection piece for medical devices and medical device packaging to the clinician. Carole provides insight during this engaging conversation on how the UX Firm guides clients through comprehensive user research projects and single usability studies. UX Firm’s toolkit of usability services includes usability testing, human factors validation testing, and a wide variety of UX research tools to uncover user experience at every stage of development. About: Carol Barnum Carol B ..read more