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Healthcare Product Safety Expert

Icare is an independent laboratory and service provider specializing in the fields of microbiology and contamination control.

Icare’s role is to guarantee to its clients that the devices and/or manufactured products they market are in line with the market’s regulatory requirements and standards.

To meet its clients’ needs, Icare offers a wide range of services in the fields of product analysis, contamination control, monitoring, qualification of facilities, etc.

Icare is a global group with several sites in France and abroad : in Saint-Beauzire near Clermont-Ferrand (head office), in Martillac near Bordeaux (BioTox Unit), in Switzerland and also in Brazil. Icare has agents in Evreux, Toulouse and Strasbourg to meet all its clients’ requirements as effectively as possible.

Icare has over 1,800 clients in more than 40 countries.

Icare adopts a quality approach to ensure that its whole organization and all its processes meet two needs: total compliance with regulatory requirements and client satisfaction by providing clients with services in line with their expectations.

Products

A comprehensive, personalized range of services carried out 100% at our French sites

  • Biocompatibility & Toxicology / Biological and Toxicological Safety of Medical Devices

    Biocompatibility assessment of medical devices, from the drafting of the biological evaluation report (BER) to the performance of tests under Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). Performance of GLP tests for the evaluation of the toxicity of chemical products (REACH regulations, biocides and phytosanitary products).

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  • Standard and customized laboratory testing

    Putting ICARE’s core business into practice with controlled testing.

    Microbiological analysis including bioburden testing, sterility testing, endotoxin determination, particle measurement, challenge testing, surgical mask testing and biological indicators
    Physical and chemical tests
    Microorganism characterization
    Packaging testing

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  • Validation & qualification

    Guiding clients in their Qualification / Validation procedures to help them prove that their processes are under control.

    Process validation
    Equipment qualification
    Clean room control
    Consulting and training
    Engineering
    Project management

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Service offer

  • Consulting

    Our goal is to guide, inform and train clients, giving them a 360° vision of their projects.

    Technical assistance
    Auditing
    Monitoring and regulatory surveillance
    Consulting
    Face-to-face, online, on-site or on-premises training

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  • Formation / Training

    The ICARE Group is an approved training center and offers training face-to-face on its premises or on site (depending on your needs) as well as online (remote training). Icare is an approved training center and certified Qualiopi. Approval number: 83 63 02860 63

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  • Webicare: the monthly appointment of our experts

    WebIcare: every month, a new theme addressed by our teams of experts! Agenda, replay on our website: www.groupeicare.com WebIcare section

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Methods & Developpement

  • M&D Unit

    Ensuring a proactive response to innovative requests and offering a unique structure specifically managing non-routine testing projects.

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  • Biological Indicators

    Biological indicators: the best way to control sterilization and decontamination processes. Icare BIs are test systems containing viable microorganisms (spores) guaranteeing a defined resistance to a specified process. They are selected and used to evaluate the effectiveness of a sterilization process and its capacity to produce a sterile product. Decontamination and sterilization processes using hydrogen peroxide, moist heat, pulsed light, irradiation, … : Icare guides you to find the best solution for your projects.

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  • Research and Development

    Icare is a proactive company ready to face up to societal and scientific changes. With the development of the Research & Development Unit, the Group aims for continuous improvement in order to meet the expectations of its clients and society as fully as possible by improving its processes and renewing its products and services.

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