The energy-intensive cleanroom poses challenges in sustainable practices, and modular cleanrooms provide feasible solutions. Controlled environments inherently require copious amounts of energy resources to maintain the strict standards of operation. Temperature, humidity, airflow, filtration, and pressurization all factor into cleanroom operations, and all demand energy – sometimes 24/7. In looking at ways to make cleanroom […]
Category: General Cleanroom
Sustainable Cleanroom Practices: Recycling
Can you use recycling as a method of sustainability in your cleanroom facility? Like any other business, cleanrooms and other controlled environment facilities strive to become more eco-efficient. Operational waste is a large part of this picture, but for cleanroom facilities, it is a unique challenge. Any facility dealing with hazardous materials and other contaminates […]
Compressed Air Lines in Cleanrooms Need Routine Testing
Compressed air is used in various applications in cleanrooms for a number of manufacturers. The applications can include injection molding, operation of conveyor belts, and the aseptic cleaning process. Compressed air can be used because of the controlled environment a component is manufactured within, but what facility managers don’t always realize is that the compressed […]
Options for Airflow Monitoring in Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms
How can pharmaceutical cleanrooms ensure compliance between certification visits if they don’t have centralized airflow monitoring? Some existing pharmaceutical cleanrooms were designed without centralized monitoring systems. For these facility managers, certification is their primary means of ensuring compliance. It would be ideal, however, to know when intervention may be necessary during daily operations. The big […]
Renovating or Building a Cleanroom? What to do and What to Avoid
Whether you’re renovating or building a cleanroom, there are numerous factors that come into play. Without the right planning and preparation, your cleanroom build can be a headache at best and a disaster at worst. The purpose of your cleanroom and your unique facility are individual to you, so do your homework. Here is a […]
Testing Compressed Air Lines – Medical Device Manufacturing
If you’re a medical device manufacturer, you need to clean the air systems that clean your components. Here is some advice. Compressed air is used in many applications for medical device manufacturers. While they are generally used to eliminate contaminates, the compressed air system itself can harbor microorganisms. This can adversely affect the product, so […]
Quick Checklist for Cleanroom Cleaning Costs
Here’s a checklist for your cleanroom cleaning system costs. Use this as a guideline for budgeting with your new system. We post a lot of information about cleaning your cleanroom. It is a complex and involved aspect of compliance and safety. Things to consider vary from the cleanroom itself to the parts inside of it. […]
Three Tests for Disinfectants for Cleanroom Validation
You need to control fungal contamination in your cleanroom, and you need to test the disinfectants for validation. Here are three to consider. Controlling fungal contamination in your cleanroom requires cleaning and disinfection procedures. Your disinfectant application is a critical step that needs validation. Since many agents that are effective against vegetative fungi aren’t effective […]
Methods for Testing Container Closure Integrity: Cleanroom Products – Part 1
There are a number of alternative methods to test container closer integrity for drug products. Start comparing these methods here. Container closure integrity (CCI) of a drug product must be preserved throughout its entire shelf life. There are a number of ways to conduct a CCI test, each with its pros and cons. Here is […]
3 Ways to Sterilize Cleanroom Apparel
Sterility is a major part of every cleanroom, be it the equipment, the tools, the product, or the structure. In aseptic cleanrooms, the garments must also be sterile. Most companies require all components in an aseptic cleanroom – including garments – to be terminally sterilized to 10-6SAL. There are three methods of achieving this: autoclaving, […]