Healthcare, pharmacy and medical device companies want label and packaging manufacturers that deliver the best possible products.
How can you ensure your products are labeled and packaged with the highest-quality methods and materials? You want a label partner who has put in the work to pass and exceed standards and certifications for product quality and service in the healthcare industry.
Certifications to Look for with a Label Partner
Quality is critical to healthcare and medical products manufacturers. Passing comprehensive site audits, testing, and inspections of processes and procedures on a regular basis verifies a label and packaging manufacturer takes quality seriously.
Find a label partner who is committed to providing labels and packaging that meet the following requirements:
- Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) – The main regulatory standard for ensuring pharmaceutical quality from the FDA, with requirements for the methods, facilities and controls used in manufacturing, processing and packing drugs.
- ISO 9001:2015 – Highest international standard for process quality.
- ISO 13485:2016 – Quality management system for medical device manufacturers and their suppliers.
- ISO 15378:2017 – cGMP compliance for packaging of medicinal products.
- UL Mark – UL is a quality assurance organization accredited by OSHA, ANSI and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). The UL Mark is an internationally respected stamp of quality.
- Graphic Measures International (GMI)-certified labels – Validates process controls and verifies that label printers deliver consistent results.
- The G7 System Certification Program – A universal calibration program that evaluates the ability of a software to maintain color accuracy across systems and suppliers.
- SGS certification – The global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity.
- Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) Compliance – A law requiring pharma products to be validated at all points in the supply chain where custody changes.
Label and packaging manufacturers for healthcare or pharmaceutical products should achieve the certifications that best apply to their productions in order to demonstrate a focus on quality. RLG Healthcare has this focus and more with the above certifications within our organization and at several manufacturing locations.
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