Category Archives: Cleanrooms

Aseptic Cleaning, Cleaning & Disinfection, Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Knowledge Base

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Revisiting the Unexpected with Growth

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pharmaceutical-cleaning-supplies
05
Jul

To ensure that the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals is free from contamination, implementing a comprehensive cleaning and disinfection program is essential. Any modifications to the manufacturing process, such as introducing new equipment or materials, should be evaluated to confirm that the cleaning program prevents contamination. Maintaining a standardized change control process to document these updates is [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Knowledge Base

What are Pyrogens and Endotoxins…and How Can They Be Controlled in a Cleanroom

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What are Pyrogens and Endotoxins?
08
Nov

Often, we use the terms’ bacterial endotoxin’ and ‘pyrogen’ interchangeably. They refer to phospholipid-polysaccharides (also termed lipopolysaccharides, or LPS). And there’s a chance that these pyrogens may be released from decaying Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli. Following cell death, these complex macromolecules emanate from compromised outer cell walls. If unchecked, it can induce and [Read More…]

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Cleanrooms

Stay Up To Date: How Much Do You Know About Controlling Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Cleanroom?

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Cleanroom-Sink-issues
05
May

From cocci which are round in shape, to bacilli which look like rods, to spirals which are sub-classed according to the number of their twists per cell, microorganisms are fascinating little creatures. At least to those who study them. In structure, the three types are not only differentiated by shape but also by arrangement such [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Contamination Control, Hospitals

What is a Level 4 Biosafety Laboratory?

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corona-virus
26
Feb

A Global Response to Coronavirus. In a headline image a floodlit cruise ship sits somberly in dock. In the foreground, buses ferrying passengers across the tarmac vanish into the dark Yokohama night. Flashing lights cast a red glow onto the metal fences separating the liner from the port, illuminating the quiet drama playing out under [Read More…]

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Aerospace, Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

From Mason Jars to Satellite Imaging

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mason-jars-landsats-cubsats
06
Feb

There are few things more iconic than a Ball Mason Jar. Beloved of homesteaders, canning fans, and smoothie-swigging hipsters alike, the dumpy glass jars with their two-part metal lids are – dare we say it? – screwed firmly into place in our society. Since its invention in the mid-1900s by John Landis Mason, the eponymous [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanroom Technology, Cleanrooms

Top 5 Articles of 2019

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Cleanroom News Top 5
07
Jan

Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! Following the celebrations of ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,’ you’ll be forgiven for experiencing ‘The Most Hungover Time of the (New) Year.’ Let’s face it – who did not overindulge during the holidays? So if you need a few minutes of peace and quiet to nurse [Read More…]

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Aerospace, Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Contamination Control

Retrieving Clean Samples From Mars

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clean-samples-from-mars
06
Jan

Welcome to 2020! A new year and a new decade that’s ripe with possibility and opportunity. A time to take stock, change life up a little (or a lot), and refocus on priorities. Maybe for you it’s a renewed commitment to better health? More conscious curation of your social media stream? Or perhaps it’s that [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

Brain-machine Implants From a Cleanroom

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brain machine implant
03
Dec

It is the stuff of science fiction and of conspiracy theory. Brain-implantable chips that monitor our health, overcome physical limitations, improve memory, or track us, control our thoughts and manipulate our actions. Or even change the way we perceive and interact with reality. A technology to improve the lives of those living with a disability [Read More…]

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Bio-Technology, Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

Nootropics and the Testing of Cognitive Biohackers

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nootropic cognitive brain
17
Sep

Back in 2011, a ‘wild card’ movie based on The Dark Fields, a science fiction novel by Alan Glynn, hit the box office to unexpected success. Grossing more than $160 million on a slender $27 million budget and starring Hollywood icons Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper, the narrative follows writer Eddie Morra as he [Read More…]

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