Product: Suture Needles

• Suture literally means "join". The term may

refer to:
• Surgical suture, a stitch used by doctors and
surgeons to hold tissue together.
 Types of Suture:
• Absorbable

• Non Absorbable
Steps involved in preparing Suture
• Tipping
• Swaging
• Winding
• Pull Test
Sterlization
• Sterilization is a term referring to any process
that eliminates or kills all forms of life,
including transmissible(such
 fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms, etc.)
• Through different methods sterilization can
be achieved by applying various methods.
• In ethicon it is applied with the help of
ethyline oxide.
 Credo
Our Credo Values
The values that guide our decision making are spelled out in Our Credo. Put
simply, Our Credo challenges us to put the needs and well-being of the people
we serve first.

Robert Wood Johnson, former chairman from 1932 to 1963 and a member of
the Company’s founding family, crafted Our Credo himself in 1943, just before
Johnson & Johnson became a publicly traded company. This was long before
anyone ever heard the term “corporate social responsibility.” Our Credo is more
than just a moral compass. We believe it’s a recipe for business success. The
fact that Johnson & Johnson is one of only a handful of companies that have
flourished through more than a century of change is proof of that.
• Importance of Credo Values
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• For more than 60 years, the Johnson & Johnson Credo has guided the actions of
the Company and its executive officers in fulfilling their responsibilities to the
Company’s customers, employees, community and shareholders. In assessing the
executive officer’s contributions to the Company’s performance, the Committee
not only looks to results-oriented measures of performance, but also considers
how those results were achieved — whether the decisions and actions leading to
the results were consistent with the values embodied in the Credo — and the
long-term impact of an executive officer’s decisions. Credo-based behavior is not
something that can be precisely measured and, thus, there is no formula for how
Credo-based behavior can, or will, impact an executive’s compensation. The
Committee and the Chairman/CEO use their judgment and experience to evaluate
whether an executive’s actions were aligned with the Company’s Credo values.
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• The Ethics Oath
• In an earlier post of ours, “
Corporate Ethics Oath: A Tool For Understanding and Developing Workplace Ethics“,
we discussed how creating and reciting a corporate ethics oath could be used as a
tool to help strengthen the ethical culture within your company. As a refresher, here
are some of the benefits of having your employees publicly recite an ethics oath:
• Positive Brand Value - According to this article about brand value on Ethisphere,
making your commitment to ethics public means that you are showing an investment
in your brand value. When businesses are perceived as committed to ethics, safety or
another area of consumer importance, many consumers will disregard the cost of
your service or product based on the fact that they feel they are buying the best.
• Increase in Commitment From Employees - When employees work for a company
with a strong brand value, they are more likely to want to remain in as a part of your
workplace and will usually end up promoting and endorsing the brand they work for
because they truly believe in what their company offers.
• Perception + Expectation= Reality - Mistakes are sometimes unavoidable and when a
company addresses an error head on, the perception and expectations set for that
particular company now become a reality. When all both external and internal
stakeholders in your company actually follow through on their commitments, the public
develops even more respect for your brand image.
• EVERYONE is Accountable - Reinforcing the “tone from the top” concept- when lower
level employees are with their bosses and managers standing in the same area and
making the same commitment to ethics, employees at all levels are more likely to adopt
and commit to making an ethical change because speaking the words of the pledge with
everyone in their workplace has a much greater impact than a sign posted on the wall.
• Many companies use storytelling and the mission of previous company leaders as a way to
inspire employees and get them on board when working towards company goals. In the
case of Johnson and Johnson, the importance of “Our Credo” has been evident since
conception, and continues to play a signifiacnt role in the company today. When looking
at the above benefits that an ethics oath can provide a company, Johnson and Johnson
has been able to experience the rewards associated with each of these benefits.