A quick peek at how cardiac medical devices are produced

One of the multiple quality control steps during the assembly of a pacemaker, where every single device is checked to ensure that it has been sealed properly. — Photos: Abbott Malaysia

The last thing I expected on my arrival at healthcare company Abbott’s medical devices manufacturing plant in Bayan Lepas, Penang, was to be asked my shoe size, much less receive a pair of brand new shoes.

But the fresh footwear was compulsory before I could be allowed further into the company’s only manufacturing site for pacing devices in Asia.