Industrial sterilization in Turkey: Status, prospects and regulations

✍ Scribed by A.Y. Erkol

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 233 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-806X
• DOI: 10.1016/0969-806x(95)00396-f

✦ Synopsis

The use of disposable hypodermic syringes has been mandatory in Turkey since 1986. Today, there is a sizable production of disposable medical products in Turkey and likely to increase in the next 23 years. The status of the disposable industries is investigated and their production profile is given. Also, some technical details are given about the two industrial irradiation plants of Turkey commissioned recently. The legal aspects of sterilization in Turkey are briefly discussed. Furthermore, the impact of commissioning these plants is described.