A packaged medical device produced according to the steps of positioning an antimicrobial agent source within a package comprising an inner surface, said antimicrobial agent being selected from the group consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereof positioning a medical device within the package and subjecting the package, the antimicrobial agent source and the medical device to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the medical device, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the medical device. Alternatively, the packaged medical device is produced according to the steps of positioning a medical device within a package exposing the package having the medical device to an antimicrobial agent source and subjecting the package having the medical device and the antimicrobial agent source to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the medical device within the package, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the medical device.패키지형 의료 장치는 항균제 공급원을 내부 표면을 포함하는 패키지내에 위치시키고, 의료 장치를 패키지내에 위치시키고, 패키지, 항균제 공급원 및 의료 장치를, 유효량의 항균제를 항균제 공급원으로부터 의료 장치로 증기 이동시키기에 충분한 시간, 온도 및 압력 조건에 적용시켜 의료 장치상의 세균 콜로니화를 실질적으로 억제시키는 단계에 따라 제조된다.
