History of Cleanrooms Across Industries
When many people, especially outside the cleanroom industry, think of cleanrooms, they envision scientists garbed head-to-toe in white with microscopes sitting atop stainless steel tables with sparse else in the...
Selecting Stainless Steel for Your Sterile Cleanroom
Before we delve into what stainless steel to use in your cleanroom and why, we want to give some basics about what stainless steel is which will help you better...
Using a Laminar Flow Hood/Cabinet in Compounding Pharmacy
Use of the laminar flow hood in your compounding pharmacy is a necessity to protect your products and the patients that use them. We offer tips on its use including...
Are Your Cleanroom Wipes and Disinfectants Compatible?
Substrates of different cleanroom wipe materials can be incompatible with disinfectants and sterilants used in your cleanroom cleaning procedures. Results? Disinfection is compromised leaving your facility vulnerable to unwanted, potentially...
Control ESD from Cleanroom Personnel
Controlling ESD in your manufacturing cleanroom, or other controlled facility where spark generation or electric current can damage your products or create other disastrous effects, is challenging. People working in...
Using Presaturated Cleanroom Wipes Has Many Benefits
Presaturated cleanroom wipes make the necessary wiping tasks easier and more effective. Wiping is the most effective method of cleaning surfaces in your cleanroom so they are a key part...
Selecting Chemo-Rated Gloves for Your Healthcare Facility
A glove labeled "chemo" on the box is not the same as a glove with a chemotherapy permeation report. Under USP 800, that gap determines whether your hand protection holds...
Sterilization Methods for Cleanrooms and Their Supplies
USP 797 has been implemented by compounding pharmacies, hospital labs, and other healthcare facilities for almost 20 years now. But maintaining sterility is still a common source of confusion, and...
Microbial Contamination Control in a Cleanroom Environment
Feature image: E. coli Bacteria (CC BY 2.0) by NIAID Preventing, detecting, and eliminating cleanroom contamination from bacteria, viruses, and spores is an ongoing battle. But a battle that must be fought...
Pharmacy Cleanroom Cleaning to USP Standards
Compounding Pharmacy Cleaning to USP Standards with Troubleshooting Ideas The video from Pharmacy Purchasing & Products below is chock full of information about how USP 795, 797, and 800 guide...
Cleanroom Mop Training Videos For Sterile Mopping
The Importance Of Proper Cleanroom Mop Use Now that your clean room is up and running, you may think the hard part is done. Maintaining the cleanliness of your cleanroom...
Benefits to Growing Cannabis in a Cleanroom Environment
Cannabis growing cleanrooms are quickly becoming the standard for commercial growers. Factors that affect healthy cannabis growth are temperature, humidity, airflow, lighting as well as other airborne contaminants such as...
