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DDL's Keys to Collaborative Success with a Third-Party Testing Lab

From DDL Inc.

In today's business practices, collaboration is a key component to taking your business to the
next level. For many medical device companies, testing is an essential function to introduce a
product to market; this often brings these companies to work closely with a third-party testing
lab. DDL has been collaborating with medical device companies looking to outsource their
testing needs for over 20 years.
When working with a third-party test lab such as DDL, there are practices and guidelines that
help to ensure projects go smoothly, creating a positive relationship and experience throughout
the testing process.

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Product and component testing services is the evaluation of a finished product or component through performance in electrical, life, environmental exposure, dynamic, ergonomic or other specialized tests.  Also testing to standards such as UL 489, CE or MIL-STD 810.
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Environmental exposure (climatics) testing services use humidity, pressure, temperature, vibration, exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) and other climatic variables to test samples, parts and components, and finished products.
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Package testing services evaluate the performance of packages and packaging materials using drop, transportation, thermal control, leak and other specialized packaging tests.
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Shock and vibration (dynamics) testing services or dynamics testing of a finished product or component using shock, sine and random vibration or other dynamic test conditions.
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