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23.10.2014

Gerresheimer opens its first development center in China

Gerresheimer AG, one of the world's leading partners in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, is opening a new development center for medical plastic systems in Dongguan City, China. With this, Gerresheimer now has three such centers located in Wackersdorf, Germany, Peachtree City, United Stat…

Fig. 1: Appearance of residues on typical surfaces in cleanrooms (from a distance of approximately 1.2 m); 3 applications with 0.5 ml/test strip. Top row: Phenol with low pH at 1:256; middle row: Phenol with high pH at 1:128; bottom row: ready-to-use spore disinfectant (a mixture of peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide). The test strips of vinyl in the bottom row and of epoxy in the middle row are shown enlarged (distance of 0.3 m).

Table 2: Percentage of residues* on stainless steel test strips after the use of cleaners with four different removal techniques. (*Approximately 43 mg/test strip for phenol residue with low pH, corresponding to 25 applications of 0.5 ml each.)

Fig. 1: Appearance of residue on typical cleanroom surfaces (distance of approximately 1.2m); 3 applications of 0.5 mL per coupon. Top row: low pH phenolic at 1:256; middle row: high pH phenolic at 1:128; bottom row: ready-to-use sporicide (blend of peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide). The vinyl coupons in the bottom row and the epoxy coupons in the center row are enlarged (distance of approximately 0.3 m).

Table 2: Percent residue* remaining on stainless steel coupons after use of cleaners with four different removal techniques. (*~43 mg per coupon of low pH phenolic residue, representing 25 applications of 0.5 mL)

22.10.2014

Fungal Spores and Disinfectant Residue Control Measures

Contamination Control in Cleanrooms

Spore forming organisms, bacterial endospores such as Bacillus species and fungal spores, such as from Aspergillus species, can present considerable challenges to cleanroom microbial control programs. While everyone recognizes that bacterial endospores are the most resistant forms, not everyone reco…

22.10.2014

International PackTech India and drink technology India Set Outstanding Visitor Record

Increase of 37 Percent

The trade fair duo International PackTech India and drink technology India were extremely successful with a visitor increase of 37 percent. From 25 to 27 September, around 10,250 trade visitors came to the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre to obtain information about solutions for the intern…

22.10.2014

MULTIVAC at COMPAMED 2014

Packaging solutions for a flexible, reliable and hygienic packaging procedure

In Hall 08a (H01) at COMPAMED, which takes place in Düsseldorf from 12 to 14 November, MULTIVAC will be showing solutions for the automated and GMP-compliant packaging of sterile products and other medical items. The strength of the company is based on more than 40 years of worldwide experience and…

The SCHILLING CleanRoomControlSystemCR Control® allows the convenient oversight and control of all individual cleanroom components.

Control of cleanroom systems can be carried out flexibly from anywhere using a tablet or smartphone.

22.10.2014
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Buildings & Rooms

CR Control® cleanroom control system

Mobile control of cleanroom systems - tablets and smartphones for monitoring

Mobile control of cleanroom systems – tablets and smartphones for monitoring the operation of a cleanroom system requires the continual oversight and recording of defined set values, the precise configuration and tuning of all components in the cleanroom and air conditioning systems and most especia…

22.10.2014

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, as a development partner and series producer for the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry, has first-class cleanroom capacities.

Cleanroom production tripled

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has tripled its cleanroom production. The specialist for sealing solutions made from liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is responding to increased demand for ongoing products as well as rising needs for new products in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. The company is a d…

The construction of the cleanroom by Weiss Klimatechnik included everything from the screed to the complete ventilation system, electrical wiring, cleanroom and sluice furniture, safety cabinets, laminar flow system, and autoclaves.

General contractor Weiss Klimatechnik only needed eight months for the project – from contract award to GMP qualification.

With the introduction of the new cleanroom concept, the hospital pharmacy now meets not only the requirements of the Pharmaceutical Operating Regulations but also possesses one of the necessary prerequisites for obtaining a manufacturing license according to § 13 of the Medicines Act.

The climate control systems were adapted to the two functional areas of cytostatics and sterile manufacturing of the pharmacy.

21.10.2014
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Buildings & Rooms

A cleanroom by Weiss Klimatechnik for the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW (HDZ NRW), Bad Oeynhausen

A pure heart

Weiss Climate Technology, as general contractor, has equipped the hospital pharmacy of the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW (HDZ NRW) in Bad Oeynhausen with a new heart suite: a GMP cleanroom for the production of medicines for internal use as well as for external customers of the house. At the end of…

21.10.2014

Chillventa 2014 sets new records

- For the first time more than 30,000 trade visitors from over 110 countries
- Record number of 984 exhibiting companies
- Large international involvement
- Chillventa Connecting Experts

Chillventa continues to set records and has improved all its exhibition parameters. “For the first time Chillventa ha…

21.10.2014

parts2clean 2015 (June 9th to 11th):

International Trade Forum parts2clean 2015: Become a speaker now

Exchange of experience, knowledge transfer, and networking – this is what the technical forum of parts2clean is about, which has established itself in recent years as an internationally sought-after source of knowledge. Around 1,500 visitors used the forum during the last parts2clean in June 2014.

Ne…

21.10.2014
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Furnishing & equipment

Vaisala's New Data Logger for Environmental Monitoring Features Simplified Calibration and Faster Validation

Vaisala introduces the newest addition to its line of data loggers for continuous monitoring - the Mid-Range (MR) logger. Staying true to the reliability of the Vaisala DL-series loggers used in GxP-regulated environments, the MR data loggers are designed for applications where speed and economy are…

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