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Process Challenge Devices® (PCD®)
Process Challenge Devices (PCD®) certified to ISO 13485 quality systems for medical devices. These external PCDs (ePCD) ensure success of terminal sterilization cycles of medical devices, and can be used for both validation and routine monitoring of EO sterilization cycles.
Each PCD combines specific biological indicators with proprietary barrier pouches to achieve consistent, validated resistance levels for ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization, plus one specialized option for hydrogen peroxide (H?O?) sterilization.
Why choose Mesa Labs PCDs?
- Each PCD has a defined resistance value, with all components resistance tested using a resistometer, ensuring complete confidence in every PCD.
- Manufactured under an ISO 13485 certified quality system
- Helps to achieve compliance with ISO 11135.
- Patented packaging of a variety of B. atrophaeus biological indicators (BI) to match your process.
- Broad resistance levels and BI types to meet different cycle configurations.
Faster turnaround with self-contained biological indicators (SCBI).