Patent ID: 7513093

Claim:
A method of making a packaged medical device comprising the steps of: providing a package comprising an inner surface that is substantially free of an antimicrobial agent; positioning a medical device within the package, said medical device comprising one or more surfaces having an antimicrobial agent disposed thereon, said antimicrobial agent being selected from the group consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereof; heating said package at a temperature between about 22° C. and about 70° C. at a pressure between about 1.8 kPa and atmospheric pressure; and vapor transferring an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the medical device to the inner surface of the package, while retaining an effective amount of said antimicrobial agent on the medical device, to thereby substantially inhibit bacterial colonization on the medical device and the inner surface of the package.