The Instru-Safe instrument protection trays have now been approved for the four-minute steam sterilization cycle, eight-minute steam sterilization cycle, ethylene oxide, Sterrad 100S, and Sterrad 100 NX standard cycle.
Summit Medical claims that the validations serve as a safeguard, to ensure the product will not inhibit sterility of surgical instrumentation. Approval of more sterilization cycles offers additional options for hospitals and health care centers.
Summit Medical executive vice president and COO Kevin McIntosh said: "Instru-Safe trays continue to be an industry leader for organizing and protecting surgical instrumentation.
"As part of our efforts to continually improve our unique product and differentiate ourselves in the market, we have gone through rigorous validation testing and multiple 510(k) submissions.
"We do this to ensure customer confidence in our instrument protection products and to demonstrate our commitment to the sterile processing community."
Instrument protection trays are used to organize and protect other medical devices that are sterilized by a healthcare provider.
