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Intuitive robotics: a look at telemanipulation software for cleanroom applications

Intuitive robotics: a look at telemanipulation software for cleanroom applications

Bill Rusitzky from SRI discusses how intuitive telemanipulation software gives operators fine control over a robotic arm, allowing remote fixes without disrupting cleanroom environments
Cable ties for cleanrooms: Antimicrobial and metal-detectable

Cable ties for cleanrooms: Antimicrobial and metal-detectable

The Panduit team discuss why even cable ties and mounts need to have specific properties for use in hygiene-sensitive areas
Cleanrooms: What is the difference between clean-up period and recovery time?

Cleanrooms: What is the difference between clean-up period and recovery time?

The implementation of the new Annex 1, and references to the ISO 14644 family of cleanroom standards have raised questions around the "Recovery time" and the "Clean-up period." Nataša Štirn from Klimer and ICCCS Chair Conor Murray discuss
Cleanroom cleaning and disinfection: pushing through the barriers to change

Cleanroom cleaning and disinfection: pushing through the barriers to change

Highly regulated industries like pharma can be resistant to change in the face of stringent hurdles for compliance, but how can manufacturers implement continuous manufacturing into their cleaning and disinfection? Matt Cokely from Ecolab discusses
USP < 797 > Viable Air and Surface Sample Reports: 3 common errors

USP < 797 > Viable Air and Surface Sample Reports: 3 common errors

Sterile compounders often make errors in testing and reporting, this can be in misrepresentation of processes, incubation times, and even the reality of 0 as a reporting number. Abby Roth from Pure Microbiology talks through 3 common errors
The building blocks of cleanroom compliance

The building blocks of cleanroom compliance

How to deliver regulatory considerations throughout the entire cleanroom project lifecycle. Written by Joan Benson and Simon Rice from Angstrom Technology in the UK explain
Enzyme Indicators: Enhancing the H2O2 bio-decontamination validation lifecycle

Enzyme Indicators: Enhancing the H2O2 bio-decontamination validation lifecycle

The Protak Scientific team explains how Enzyme Indicators are transforming bio-decontamination processes
Navigating the IPA supply chain: the essential role of IPA in cleanroom hygiene

Navigating the IPA supply chain: the essential role of IPA in cleanroom hygiene

With the sudden surge in demand for sanitisers and disinfectants post-Covid, supply chains experienced unprecedented disruptions. One essential product caught in the crossfire was Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA), which became a critical resource during the viral outbreak. Elizabeth Norwood from MicroCare explains
Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore 2023: Day two review

Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore 2023: Day two review

Attendees from Asia and beyond attended the Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore at the start of December. Those that did were in for a treat!
Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore 2023: Day one review

Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore 2023: Day one review

Attendees from Asia and beyond attended the Cleanroom Technology Conference Singapore at the start of December. Those that did were in for a treat!
Use of new ISO 14644-17 cleanroom standard in contamination control

Use of new ISO 14644-17 cleanroom standard in contamination control

In 2021 the ISO 14644 cleanroom standard part 17 on the control of macroparticles with the title “Particle deposition rate applications” was published. But how does it work in real life application? Koos Agricola from Brookhuis explains
Your cleanroom equipment: Calculating the carbon footprint

Your cleanroom equipment: Calculating the carbon footprint

Climate protection is not only dominating public discourse; it is also influencing the way we think about pharmaceutical production processes. Calculating process equipment’s carbon footprint is an important aspect of this. Dr Andreas Mattern from Syntegon Technology explains
What’s wrong with Annex 1

What’s wrong with Annex 1

Alexander Fedotov, Director of Clean Technologies (formerly Invar-Project), talks about some of the changes to the new Annex 1 and his reasonings on why there is a lack of sense to them
Walking the tightrope: a look at air change rates

Walking the tightrope: a look at air change rates

How can companies design their cleanrooms in order to reach the air change rates required by ISO? Words by Simplex's Jerry Cross
BCT Group's Katia Bougatsou explains the implications of sustainability and geography for the cleanroom market

BCT Group's Katia Bougatsou explains the implications of sustainability and geography for the cleanroom market

The Greek cleanroom engineering firm’s MD and HVAC expert talks honestly about her country’s sector, the problems plaguing the push for sustainability in cleanrooms, and how understanding a project scope is key to continued success
XNRGY Climate Systems' Wais Jalali on decarbonising HVAC

XNRGY Climate Systems' Wais Jalali on decarbonising HVAC

A fixture of the HVAC world, the Chairman and CEO of XNRGY, the North America-based sustainable HVAC expert, talks about his career and his take on decarbonising the production process

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  1. Harmonisation of Annex 1 and ISO 14644-1: A deeper look Alexander Fedotov from Invar explains that the harmonisation of standards seems to be a driving force for setting particle limits and why this may not always result in logical scientific decision making
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    Must cleanrooms always run at maximum airflow? Mona Åkerholm and Hannu Nurminen from Elomatic walk through how companies should be rethinking cleanroom ventilation in the age of sustainability and soaring energy costs
  3. EXCLUSIVE: The journey to create Staubli's new robot for pharmaceutical manufacturing Julien Lora from Staubli talks to Sophie Bullimore about the development of the company's new robotic pharmaceutical solution, discussing the complexities of its launch as well as the pharmaceutical landscape it is launching into
  4. Cleanrooms: What is the difference between clean-up period and recovery time? The implementation of the new Annex 1, and references to the ISO 14644 family of cleanroom standards have raised questions around the "Recovery time" and the "Clean-up period." Nataša Štirn from Klimer and ICCCS Chair Conor Murray discuss
  5. GMP Annex 1: Validation of disinfectants on cleanroom surfaces Published in August 2022, for implementation in August 2023, Karen Rossington from Contec looks at the revised version of EU GMP Annex 1 expanded and clarified the regulatory requirements of cleaning and disinfection in life science cleanrooms

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