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 how we can help you procure all the right cleaning products and PPE apparel needed to property use the hood. The enclosed workstation creates a […]
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 dangerous, contamination of your products. What can you do to assure the efficacy of your cleanroom disinfection? We have suggestions. Related Resource: Compare Cleanroom Wipe […]
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 your cleanroom are the main source of ESD. Just walking from the entrance to their workstation or merely picking up a tool or filling a […]
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 of your facility’s repeatable and validated processes. Lint-free wipes that are pre-wetted with low surface-tension fluids such as alcohols, efficiently trap and remove particles, oils, […]
Selecting Chemo-Rated Gloves for Your Healthcare Facility
Chemo-Rated Gloves Guide Chemo-rated gloves protect your healthcare workers exposed to hazardous drugs such as chemotherapy preparations as well as being a key consumable to help you achieve USP800 compliance. But selecting the right chemical protective glove is not as straightforward as it may seem. Chemotherapeutic chemicals are either: cytostatic – destroy cells cytotoxic – […]
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 as humans are the biggest source of contamination in a cleanroom, it is generally a process that must be vigilantly monitored, evaluated, and improved. But […]
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 consistently and methodically in controlled environments for pharmacies, hospital labs, biomedical manufacturing, and other health-related controlled environments. People’s health, and perhaps lives, are at stake. […]
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 cleaning protocols and creation of related standard operating procedures (SOPs) for non-sterile areas and sterile pharmacies. It offers specific guidance about keeping your critical environment […]
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 is an everyday project that is vital for success. Albeit that your facility is now ready for workers to work and products to be made, […]
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 mold or insects. A cleanroom is a special facility utilizing a controlled environment. This limits the level of pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol […]
Writing With Cleanroom Pens and Paper Documentation
Lint Free Paper and Sterile Cleanroom Documentation When it comes to working in a cleanroom, cleanroom-compliant apparel and cleaning supplies for critical environments are top of mind for maintaining sterility and cleanliness. But, a common source of contamination is a simple thing like paper, pens, and clipboards used in a controlled environment. Particles shed from […]
Cleanroom Apparel – Disposable or Reusable?
How Does Cleanroom Apparel Affect Environmental Particle Count? Contamination is the main concern of a cleanroom environment. It can lead to closures, product recalls, and costing a lot of money and time to address, and sometimes, companies’ reputations. People are the main cause of contamination in cleanrooms. The cleanroom clothing they wear is the main […]
