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Annette Callaghan

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A quality management professional, chartered biologist and member of the Royal Society of Biology, with over 35 years’ experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food industries. Extensive knowledge of quality and environmental management systems, internal and third-party auditing and personnel training. Eligible to act as a Qualified Person as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC, as amended (previously 75/319 et al.) since 1993. A Qualified Notified Body Lead Auditor since 2002 (IRCA ref: 1182641).

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Reviews for Annette’s courses

I was hoping to gain a clearer understanding of sterilization requirements and best practices for medical devices, including key standards, validation processes, and common challenges in sterilization methods. The webinar helped reinforce my understanding of these topics and provided useful insights into practical considerations during sterilization and quality control. Overall, I believe the webinar met my expectations and improved my awareness of important aspects related to sterilization in medical device manufacturing.

23 Apr 2026

Sterilization of Medical Devices

It was great and helpful.

23 Feb 2026

Cleanroom Requirements for Medical Device Manufacturers

My goal was to get a more complete picture about the ISO standard and I got it.

23 Feb 2026

Cleanroom Requirements for Medical Device Manufacturers

Prepared, credible, highly professional instructor and enjoyable presentation style. Excellent, keep it up.

23 Feb 2026

Cleanroom Requirements for Medical Device Manufacturers

The content, the presentation, and the presenter were all excellent. Standard requirements for the gamma sterilization process part of the training was very detailed and helped me a lot in understanding the expectations.

20 Oct 2025

Sterilization of Medical Devices

This was an excellent webinar. Very useful and [speaker] has a lot of knowledge and experience, giving us examples from real life, making the concepts easier to understand and the course more enjoyable, was fantastic - kept me engaged the entire time. Very well organized.

3 Feb 2025

Sterilization of Medical Devices

[My goal was to gain] a comprehensive view of the nonconformities management process and facing it from different perspectives. It was accomplished by this course. [Speaker] was exhaustive in the topic; interactive; she enriched the webinar with a lot of useful examples.

12 Dec 2024

Non-Conformance and Corrective Action for Medical Device Manufacturers

Excellent - very informative and managed to pack a lot into a half day training session. I thought [speaker] was a great presenter and clearly had deep knowledge of the subject matter.

11 Nov 2024

An Introduction to Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilization for Medical Devices

[Speaker] very experienced, knowledgeable and approachable. Webinar [was] prepared taking into account all of the participants with the general information as well as with the direct individual requirements in mind. Questions answered at the time as well as within time given after the webinar. Thank you.

17 Oct 2024

Sterilization of Medical Devices

The Speaker was very knowledgeable and the inside stories are great!

6 Jun 2024

Sterilization of Medical Devices

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