In 2010 Oliver-Tolas™ Healthcare Packaging collaborated with Michigan State University (MSU) to develop and host the nation's first ever Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience.
The Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience (HcPIE) is a unique educational event designed to allow medical device packaging professionals to:
Study the performance of medical device packaging in the operating room and emergency department environments.
Interact and exchange ideas with experienced patient care teams currently working in the industry.
Address current trends, needs, problems and solutions in medical device packaging.
The 2-day event brings together medical device packaging professionals and healthcare practitioners in a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation facility at MSU's Learning and Assessment Center (LAC) to experience the contextual performance of medical packaging in both the operating room and emergency department.
Participants experience a simulated surgery, including the preparation of the operating room and medical device, and an emergency department trauma event. Following the simulations, the packaging professionals particpate in a facilitated roundtable discussion with the doctors and nurses to analyze the performance of the packaging in the contrasting environments.
"Assessing medical devices and packaging in simulated situations is ideal", said Jane Severin, Director of Technology at Oliver-Tolas™. "That's why a partnership with Michigan State University is important. We are able to combine the strength of our corporate packaging expertise with top-notch researchers at MSU's School of Packaging and excellent facilities such as the LAC to provide solutions to issues facing the medical packaging industry."
Click Here to view the trailer for "The Incredible Journey" Premiering at the 2011 HcPIE Event
