NSAI Hosts Plenary Meeting on Sterilization of Healthcare ProductsNSAI Hosts Plenary Meeting on Sterilization of Healthcare Products The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) recently hosted a plenary meeting of the ISO Technical Committee 198 in Galway. The event, held at the Galway City Campus of Atlantic Technological University, brought together international experts to discuss and promote the development of standards for the sterilization of healthcare products. Galway’s strong presence in the MedTech sector, with numerous multinationals and SMEs, made it an ideal location for the meeting. Ireland’s MedTech industry boasts over 300 companies and employs 40,000 people. Standards are crucial in ensuring quality assurance and sterility in medical technology. The event provided a platform for experts to collaborate and ensure that sterilization processes continuously adapt to the latest advancements in the field. NSAI CEO Geraldine Larkin emphasized the significance of these plenary events: “They allow standards experts to collaborate and ensure that healthcare product sterilization evolves to meet modern demands.” The meeting fostered collaboration between experts from around the globe, ensuring that innovation and regulation continue to align in healthcare and medtech practices.
International delegates are gathering in Galway this week for their week of discussions on the topic of sterilisation of healthcare products as part of a plenary meeting of ISO Technical Committee 198 hosted by NSAI.
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Last week, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) hosted international experts at a plenary meeting of the ISO Technical Committee to promote the development of standards for the sterilization of healthcare products.
The event took place during the week at the Galway City Campus of Atlantic Technological University.
Standards play a key role in the quality assurance and sterility assurance processes in medical technology (MedTech).
Galway is home to a wide variety of companies in the MedTech sector, including multinationals and SMEs.
This adds to Ireland’s MedTech sector, which includes over 300 companies, employing over 40,000 people.
NSAI CEO, Geraldine Larkin, said of the plenary event: “These plenary events provide important opportunities for standards experts to come together to ensure that areas such as healthcare product sterilization are continually evolving to meet the very latest developments in this field.”
“Plenary events like this bring together experts from around the world to ensure that innovation and regulation continue to work together to deliver best practice in key areas such as medtech and healthcare.”
