Is your equipment cleaning process as efficient as it could be? Ensuring the highest standards of hygiene in pharmaceutical manufacturing can be a time consuming task. Wrong procedures increase the risk of cross contamination or damaged equipment.
Our 4 Tools for Equipment Cleaning help take the right considerations when specifying equipment, streamline workflows and facilitate easy and efficient compliance with GMP guidelines.
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Production environments have become increasingly complex and so have the challenges to ensure a contamination-free process. Properly designed equipment can help mitigate contamination risks and ensure a clean workplace. The aim of hygienic design is to ensure that equipment is easy to clean – reducing the risk of contamination that can arise either from the equipment itself or from matter that is trapped inside.
A scientific assessment describes and confirms equipment suitability according to GMP Guidelines. It is an assessment of design features and documentation describing the cleanliness after contamination with a test substance on typical scale models. Get valuable information to support your cleaning validation.
Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning an industrial (bench top) scale outlines clear step by step instructions for personnel in how to properly clean a scale and how to put it back in proper use. The cleanliness of scale can have a significant impact on operational efficiency and its lifetime, as well as user safety. Having SOPs for all relevant work processes will also help simplify the audit process with regulatory authorities.
Hygienically designed weighing equipment facilitates easy and effective cleaning and helps prevent cross-contamination. This is even more important for large equipment such as floor scales. This white paper covers improved cleaning processes, installation considerations, and how to prevent cross contamination specifically for floor scales.
Industrial scales are built according to hygienic design principles which simplifies cleaning and ensures a long lifetime of equipment even under harsh cleaning conditions. The user manual and operating instructions should be referred to about how to clean your scale, as well as what the appropriate cleaning agents are. All cleaning agents should be adequately rinsed away as outlined in the user manual. Stainless steel models also require subsequent oiling for proper maintenance.
Industial scales withstand typical cleaning agents used in most industries. For more specific information Please refer to www.mt.com/Ind-cleaning-recommendations.
Cleaning agents should not be highly acidic, alkaline or chlorinated. Substances with a high or low pH should be avoided, because they can increase the likelihood of corrrosion. Please refer to www.mt.com/Ind-cleaning-recommendations for appropriate cleaning agents.
Contamination is prevented in a weighing process by using equipment that is hygienically designed and following the cleaning guidelines provided by the equipment manufacturer. Considerations of where to install the scale, cleaning procedures, and maintenance should be addressed in order to prevent contamination.
Contamination on scales is avoided by using equipment that is hygienically designed. The main priciples for hygienic design are selecting the right construction materials, providing easy access for cleaning and preventing the accumulation of materials and liquids. Considerations of where to install the scale, cleaning procedures, and maintenance should be addressed in order to prevent contamination.
The basic cleaning steps entail consult operatirng instructions, switich off scale, clean area around outside, remove load plate, clean inside frame and terminal, clean load plate, reasssemble the scale, and level the scale, if necessary.
The main priciples for hygienic design are selecting the right construction materials, providing easy access for cleaning and preventing the accumulation of materials and liquids. The construction of materials must be corrosion resistant, non-toxic and non-absorbant. Surface roughness should be below 0.81 micrometer to prevent the accumulation of micro-organisms. The construction should be open and easily accessible. Horizontal elements should be rounded and dead spaces and hollow areas avoided to prevent the accumulation of liquids and contaminants. Internal corners and angles should be rounded and welds should be continuous, smooth and polished.
