Establishing and maintaining a cleanroom is a complicated but necessary part of adhering to industry regulations in various fields.
Cleanrooms are highly-controlled environments where pollutants and particles are filtered out to keep the room as clean as possible.
It would be a challenge to overstate the importance of proper cleanroom training focused on keeping the cleanroom clean. When a cleanroom fails to provide its intended purpose — providing a contaminant-free environment — the impact can be lost revenue, or worse, human lives.
As states across the country end their COVID-19 shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders, offices are reopening. Companies must be proactive in preparing to have employees work in the office after months of working at home.
Fogging is the process of covering an object or area with condensed vapor for the purposes of decontamination. Hydrogen peroxide fogging, or H2O2 fogging, is a decontamination method where aerosolized hydrogen peroxide is released into an enclosed area. Hydrogen peroxide fogging is one of the most efficient and effective ways to eliminate viruses, bacteria, fungus, and other microbes in an environment.
Setting up and planning a cleanroom starts with the cleanroom design phase. During this phase, you should consider how the cleanroom will be used, permitted particle concentration, its location, the manufacturing process requirements, and cost. It will be necessary for the cleanroom designers to have in-depth conversations with the end-users to ensure that all needs are captured in this phase.
When operating in a cleanroom, it is important to keep the environment safe and operational at all times. When a critical environment experiences contamination or fails FDA inspections, the room can be temporarily shut down, costing your company valuable time and resources. Here are five ways to prevent costly cleanroom downtime.
Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies that make prescriptions for patients with specific needs that commercial drugs can’t meet. It’s important to properly maintain compounding pharmacies so those patients can receive the medications they need without issue. But maintaining these important pharmacies is complex. There are several levels of regulations that must be complied with, and simply wiping down the pharmaceutical equipment every now and then won’t cut it.
Keeping your cleanroom free of contaminants will benefit your business in many ways, but ultimately it will keep you from losing money unnecessarily. If your cleanroom isn’t properly maintained, you’ll likely end up with a contaminated product, which has a negative ripple effect throughout your organization that ultimately ends at your bottom line.
