Material	STEAM (at least a part of the packaging needs to be permeable to steam)	EO/FORM (at least a part of the packaging needs to be permeable to gas)	Hydrogen Peroxide (Plasma) (natural fibre based materials are incompatible)	Gamma/E-Beam or Beta radiation (impermeable material may be used)	Dry Heat (max temp) (impermeable material may be used)
Materials with gas and steam permeability
Medical grade paper	V	V	no	V	V ($160^{\circ}C$)
Flush spunbond non-woven materials of polyethylene	V (max. T $127^{\circ}C$) not suitable for hospitals	V	V	V	no
Wet laid non-wovens (pulp and plastic fibres)	V	V	no	V	no
SMS (Spunbond Meltblown Spunbond) non-woven materials of polypropylene	V	V	V	no	no
Films and composite films
PET/PP films (Laminated)	V	V	V	no	no
PET/PE films (Laminated)	no	V	V	V	no
Aluminium laminates and composites, i.e. high barrier materials	V	V	see suppliers specification	V	V
APET film (Amorphous Polyethylene Terephthalate)	no	V	see suppliers specification	V	no
E/P (Ethylene-Propylene Copolymer)	see suppliers specification	V	see suppliers specification	see suppliers specification	see suppliers specification
HDPE film (High Density Polyethylene)	V ($121^{\circ}C$)	V	see suppliers specification	V	no
LDPE film (Low Density Polyethylene)	no	V	V	V	no
PA film (component) (Polyamide)	V	V	V	V	V
PE film (component) (Polyethylene)	no	V	V	V	no
PP film (component) (Polypropylene)	V	V	no	no	no
PET film (component) (Polyethylene Terephthalate)	V	V	V	V	V
PETG (PETG-Foam-, PETG-PE) film (PET Glycol)	no	V	see suppliers specification	V	no
PS film (Polystyrene)	no	V	see suppliers specification	V	no
HIPS film (High Impact Polystyrene)	no	V	see suppliers specification	V	no
PC film (Polycarbonate)	V	V	see suppliers specification	V	V
PVC film (Poly Vinyl Chloride)	no	V	see suppliers specification	no	no
TPU film (Thermoplastic Polyurethane)	no	V	see suppliers specification	V	V