Analysis of Vitamin E Residues
The increasing prevalence of Vitamin E, a naturally-occuring antioxidant, in medical grade plastics has resulted in a need for analysis methods that can track the effect of processing on this compound. Vitamin E is effective as an antioxidant due to the hydroxyl group sitting on the aromatic ring at one end of the molecule. This […]
ASTM Meeting on Medical Plastics
The ASTM Committee on Medical Devices (F04) met last week in Atlanta, GA. Cambridge Polymer Group staff attended several of the task groups, and reported back the following activities. Medical Device Cleanliness Several draft standards are in development, including guidance on cleanline validation, synthetic test soils to verify cleaning efficacy, guidance on how to design […]