Packaging for a medical device includes a housing having an exterior surface and an interior surface including a compartment defined therein configured to contain a medical device. A carrier strip is secured to the exterior surface and/or the interior surface of the housing and includes one or more reactive portions disposed thereon. The reactive portion is configured to transition from a first visible state to a second visible state upon being subject to a defined parameter, temperature, radiation, sunlight, UV, microwave, etc.
