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99K

HAI Deaths in the US. A surprisingly little talked about topic in general media.

4M

Patients suffer from health issues onset by HAI infections each year in Europe.

28.4

Billion dollars cost directly to hospitals caused by HAIs in the United States each year.

3rd

Highest cause of death in the US is caused by healthcare associated infections.

Our Story and mission for
Improved Patient safety…

We believe when a cause is fueled by determined corporate might, guided with the heart of a non-profit, great things will be born. The SterileAware™ hybrid is about bringing to the market solutions and awareness for lowering HAI’s. Observation from our founder’s hospital bed when sick with an HAI was the catalyst for creating solutions for better patient safety. Exciting things are happening as we build this platform, come, and watch as our mission grows…

A challenging journey ahead

The SterileAware™ Mission is to examine healthcare-associated infections and deliver solutions engendered by our think tank. The mission will also include a campaign of awareness to the public about the dangers of cross-contamination and sterility loss at hospitals.

Support from industry experts

The SterileAware™ Podcast goes live

The SterileAware™ Podcast will provide insight on the Hospital born infection story with interviews with leading experts in HAI’s. The SterileAware™ Podcast is hosted by our founder Charlie Webb, an award-winning podcaster and host of the popular Healthcare packaging Podcast “SPOT radio”. Stay up to date with the SterileAware™ story. Listen now

Beyond medical device pouch sealer

SterileAware™ on stage at the MD&M

SterileAware™ founder Charlie Webb CPPL presented the SterileAware™ story on the pack place stage at the Medical Device Manufacturing Expo this past February. Webb reported, “I was amazed with the excitement generated from my talk, so many connections asking to get involved, we are clearly on an important path”. Expect more speaking dates ahead.

More than just a mission of awareness, we bring action…

Beyond our mission of patient infection awareness, SterileAware™ will distribute free infographics to hospitals and clinics and imagine new infection control Technologies through our think tank, as well as provide education funding for students learning new methods for managing patient infections. And through our innovation partners program, we will connect amazing vendors with hospitals and clinics. Help us keep the Sterile Aware conversation alive.

We support our industry.

The SterileAware™ philanthropic mission will include our educational program as well as our Sterile awareness campaign. We will also continue to build the bridge that connects our for-profit side with medical device manufacturers for a safer patient journey at healthcare facilities.
SterileAware student

Supporting education in healthcare

Our goal is to provide education support specific to healthcare packaging and processing to foster enrollment in this discipline. If we are planning to meet the demands of delivering medical devices safe and sterile to the patient, we will need to enlist more talent for this growing segment. We will also provide financial support to students attending national healthcare packaging and processing conferences and expos.

Sterile Aware Laboratory

Healthcare packaging laboratory

SterileAware™ will have access to an ISO-17025 medical device packaging testing laboratory thanks to our cooperation with Van der Stahl Scientific, one of our corporate supporters. The use of this laboratory will allow us to examine solutions to sterility loss of medical devices during the journey to the patient’s bedside. The availability of this empirical lab will be an important part of our think tanks toolkit

Our medical device packaging system improvement Project.

Van der Stähl Scientific and Hawo will power the SterileAware™ “Medical device packaging system improvement project” with state of the industry packaging technology for hospitals, clinics, and medical device manufacturers. And with the SterileAware™ “approved systems inside” campaign, we deliver confidence of conforming packaging systems.
SterileAware™ means understanding every touch and stopping point on a patient's journey through a healthcare facility. From materials, machines, methods, and human connection we must remain mindful of how we connect to patient safety. As this emerging “zero failure” in sterile processing, packaging, and patient connection value continues to bloom, we will be here to support this growing movement, to keep us all Sterile Aware…"

-Charlie Webb CPPL (founder)

Industry connecting to a cause

SterileAware™ is more than awareness, we are about exploring innovative deployables that will forge changes in patient safety by reducing contamination points. Along with all that SterileAware™ will also partner with companies to help build solutions together.
SterileAware new medical device sealer

Supporting advanced technology

Another important piece of our “innovation partners program” is to connect medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and clinics with technology that will better serve the aim of managing hospital associate infections. To avoid a conflict of interest it’s important to disclose that we will work with supporting partners, however, any technology that meets our goals can be included.

Solutions born from collaboration

Our “innovation partners program” is an innovation incubator designed to imagine new technologies that will serve to mitigate the spread of hospital associate infections. Improved packaging and medical device pouch testing systems will be our first target as we can leverage our 27 years of experience. Stay tuned as we take aim at patient safety.

We bought a van, and we have a plan.  It’s time for a Road trip.

At SterileAware™ we will push the term “dispersed workplace” to a higher level as we weave work and our personal travel together on an epic Road-trip. We purchased a 4X4 van that will serve as our mobile office and living quarters as we circumnavigate the western US. We plan on dropping into hospitals and clinics to leave behind infographic posters as well as awareness bracelets, and we hope to book a few talks along the way…

SterileAware™ Certified Systems

Medical device packaging validation can be challenging as regulatory demands continue to swell. With our SterileAware™ approved systems, we will provide medical device companies a head start with multiple ISO-11607-ready systems. Over the last 27 years, we have heard frustrations from medical device manufacturers that the pouch sealers they purchase did not meet the demanding rigors of the ISO 11607 standard. So why risk a 483 with non-conforming equipment? Validation should not be overly challenging when you purchase the correct equipment for the task. Just look for the “SterileAware™ Approved System INSIDE” label and begin your medical device packaging journey with confidence. 

SterileAware Approved
Meet Lisa our mission coordinator

Meet Lisa our mission coordinator

The SterileAware™ mission is all about medical device packaging systems, education, innovation, support, and awareness. Lisa Wassberg will head our “Awareness Campaign” as well as oversee the development of educational tools for sterile packaging. As the general manager of Van der Stähl Scientific, she will be calling on her expertise in making things happen quickly for device makers. Lisa has over 16 years of experience working with all the major US medical device manufacturers as well as hundreds of device startups and leads our packaging scholarship program. Expect amazing things to come to the Healthcare packaging space from the SterileAware™ mission.

SterileAware Approved

SterileAware™ Certified Systems

Medical device packaging validation can be challenging as regulatory demands continue to swell. With our SterileAware™ approved systems, we will provide medical device companies a head start with multiple ISO-11607-ready systems. Over the last 27 years, we have heard frustrations from medical device manufacturers that the pouch sealers they purchase did not meet the demanding rigors of the ISO 11607 standard. So why risk a 483 with non-conforming equipment? Validation should not be overly challenging when you purchase the correct equipment for the task. Just look for the “SterileAware™ Approved System INSIDE” label and begin your medical device packaging journey with confidence.

Meet Lisa our mission coordinator

Meet Lisa our mission coordinator

The SterileAware™ mission is all about medical device packaging systems, education, innovation, support, and awareness. Lisa Wassberg will head our “Awareness Campaign” as well as oversee the development of educational tools for sterile packaging. As the general manager of Van der Stähl Scientific, she will be calling on her expertise in making things happen quickly for device makers. Lisa has over 16 years of experience working with all the major US medical device manufacturers as well as hundreds of device startups and leads our packaging scholarship program. Expect amazing things to come to the Healthcare packaging space from the SterileAware™ mission.

SterileAware News

Stay up to date as we quickly move our mission forward. More than just innovation, learn about our education program for sterile device packaging.

No-cost education

SterileAware™ will champion sterile packaging awareness through a host of media events as well as provide free educational tools.

The SterileAware™ Blog

Learn about exciting emerging technology for managing hospital-associated infections and so much more on our informative blog.

The Healthcare Industry is full of unsung heroes who improve, change and save lives daily. SterileAware™ is the missing puzzle piece this industry has needed. With the SterileAware award, we finally have a meaningful way to recognize these heroes.

― Sarah Rosenblum
Senior Director of Sales
Packaging Compliance Labs

As a patient advocate, thinking about the conception of “SterileAware” has made me more conscious and attentive to how I and others in the Sterile Processing: Operating Room profession impact patient outcomes. We Can and Must do Better !!!!

―Keicha Brock, CSPM, CFER
CEO: Eyes to See Management & Consulting, LLC

The “SterileAware™” movement is nothing short of a revolution within the health and patient care space. Charlie’s life-threatening experience with a HAI was in a sense a blessing for the rest of us. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for SterileAware™.

― Sean Slavin
Account Manager
Premier Plastics
Superstars in Sterile Processing and Packaging award

Celebrating with the Superstars in Sterile Awareness™ Award

SterileAware™ will recognize amazing contributions in healthcare with our “Superstars in Sterile Awareness™ award” and our “Superstars in Sterile Packaging™ award. Each year we will pause to celebrate stellar technology and the individuals that shape the growth of medical device packaging and sterile awareness. This year you will have the opportunity to nominate a company or individual that shines through their contribution to HAI prevention and healthcare packaging.

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