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FEATURE ARTICLE

The Bottom Line on Buying a Cleanroom System
By Rick Dobson
You have been tasked by senior management to look into purchasing a cleanroom environment for a possible new product line. The mandate is that the cleanroom system provider must guarantee temperature, humidity, pressurization, and classification. As with any purchase, it is always best to be an educated buyer and have researched the options available to you. Knowing what questions to ask and what the cumulative effect is to those answers will make for a sound decision process and an overall successful project.
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PRODUCT FOCUS



Berkshire Introduces New Wiper Technology

CapSure™ enhances the cleaning performance of critical environment knitted wipers. CapSure™ wipers start out 80% cleaner than competitive wipers and pick up and retain 42X more contaminant particles. CapSure™ is recommended for pharmaceutical, medical device, laboratory, and semiconductor applications.

www.berkshire.com
 
CLEANROOM TIP OF THE WEEK

The Challenge of Modeling Diffusers
 Computation fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling provides the ability to accurately model air flow and heat transfer within a building, enabling heating and cooling systems to be optimized in the form of a software prototype without the expense and time involved in making changes to the actual building.
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MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE WEEK

Power Negotiating
Knowing how to negotiate is always important, but when cash is tight and sales are down, this skill alone can make a huge difference.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Are You Prepared for the New ISO 14644-1 and -2?
    November 11-12 may be your last opportunity to attend IEST’s authoritative training courses prior to the release of the new Draft International Standard (DIS) versions of the air cleanliness benchmarks.
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  • Time Lapse Photography Demonstrates Antimicrobial Abilities of Dycem Flooring
    A recent study showed that Dycem flooring allowed fewer viable organisms to survive as opposed to the controls used.
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  • New White Paper on Environmental Monitoring and Certification Available
    In attempting to meet regulatory demands, the greatest challenge for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers may be determining what exactly is required for compliance.
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  • SSF Adds to Facility
    Specialty Silicon Fabricators, Inc. will break ground this month on a 100,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Paso Robles, California.
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Industry Calendar

October 7, 2009
Evaluating and Implementing a Cleanroom Garment Program Compliant with USP 797
IEST Online Education Program

October 7, 2009
ISPE Boston Product Showcase
Foxboro, MA

October 8-9, 2009
Aseptic Processing in the Manufacture of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Products
Malvern, PA

October 8-10, 2009
COMSOL Conference 2009
Boston, MA

October 26-27, 2009
Best Practices for an Effective Cleanroom Validation Program
Berlin, Germany

November 8-11, 2009
ISPE Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA

November 9-10, 2009
Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist
Malvern, PA

November 9-11, 2009
IEST Fall Conference
Arlington Heights, IL

November 11-12, 2009
Sterilization Procedures: Technology, Equipment, and Validation
Malvern, PA

November 17-18, 2009
Pharmaceutical Water Systems - Contemporary Technology & Compliance Malvern, PA

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