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SBA Video’s & Guidance Documents
SBA Video’s and Guidance Documents are designed to be informative and aid hospital professionals and manufacturers to understand necessary labelling and good practice handling techniques. The range of subjects includes:
- Definition of Sterile Barrier Systems symbols
- Aseptic Opening and Presentation techniques
- Sterilisation Processes
- SBS packaging types
- How Sterile Barriers work
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The Sterile Barrier Association (SBA) is the European trade association for companies who produce Sterile Barrier Systems (SBS) and associated equipment and accessories for the healthcare industry. SBS materials and equipment are sophisticated and allow single use and reusable medical devices to be sterilised after manufacture or after use. Sterilisation may take place at a medical device manufacturer or in the Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) of a hospital. In both cases the critical function of the SBS is to maintain product sterility up to the point of use.
Our mission: To be the recognised expert association in the healthcare industry, promoting the use of and providing education on the most suitable single use sterile barrier systems to ensure patient safety.
The Association represents its members in promoting this very important sector of the healthcare industry, creating a positive environment to drive innovation in the technology associated with the production of sterile barrier systems and in setting the highest standards in product and manufacturing excellence.
SBA members account for over 75% of the European sterile barrier industry and SBA members’ products are sold all over the world. You can see the current list of member companies here. Representatives of the companies meet twice a year to get updates on the ever-changing regulations surrounding both medical devices and the components of SBS. These meetings take place all around Europe and members are updated on the situation in each of the countries they visit by local medical market experts.
Latest News
Following the publishing of ISO DIS 15223-1:2020, the SBA has updated guidance document EN ISO 15223-1 new symbols for SBS Read More…
Common Specifications (CS) on the reprocessing and further re-use of single-use medical devices within a health institution, as foreseen in Read More…
The SBA has completed the launch of their three new Aseptic Opening and Symbols video’s with the addition of the Read More…
The SBA has recently launched new French, German, Spanish and Chinese language versions of their three new Aseptic Opening and Read More…
To support the launch of the new Symbols video’s, the SBA has designed a Quick Reference guide for the Symbols, Read More…
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