Blue Ridge GA — Pulse Medical Inc., a provider of protective aprons and eyewear for X-ray technicians and doctors, has successfully maintained its ISO 9001 certification after moving the company from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Blue Ridge Georgia. A recent audit by registrar SGS confirmed the ongoing compliance of the company’s quality system to ISO 9001, as well as to the CE Marking requirements under the European Commission personal protective equipment (PPE) directive.
The move to Blue Ridge was relatively smooth, although subjecting the company to an ISO 9001 audit with a new manufacturing staff and brand-new manufacturing processes could have put the company at risk. An aggressive internal audit program led by Oxebridge ensured that the previous facility in Fort Lauderdale, where Pulse’s x-ray protective eyewear is still manufactured, as well as the new Georgia plant remained in compliance at all times.
The SGS report found no nonconformities, and praised the internal audit efforts.
Pulse expects to finalize its move to Georgia shortly, moving the eyewear lab to the new facility as well. The company has brought many of its experienced Florida employees with it, and is hiring many local operators from the Blue Ridge area, an effort embraced by the local community as a welcome jobs creation opportunity.
Pulse has been certified to ISO 9001 since 2006, and has maintained CE Mark for products shipped to Europe since that time as well.
For more information on Pulse Medical, visit www.pulsemedical.net.
Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 35 years’ experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and helps establish certification and accreditation bodies with the ISO 17000 series. He is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the writer and artist of THE AUDITOR comic strip, and is currently writing the DR. CUBA pulp novel series. Visit www.drcuba.world
