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Mar 17, 2020

Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions is featured on the cover of the current edition of Cleanroom Technology, as well as in a corresponding advertorial!

Congratulations to Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions for another front cover feature on Cleanroom Technology's March 2020 edition! Lighthouse paperless clean room solutions can eliminate most of the manual and time-consuming tasks associated with sampling, data collection, excursion management and data consolidation. If you would like to learn even more, please sign up for our Upcoming Webinar: Particle Monitoring - Going Paperless in the...

Feb 4, 2020

Lighthouse is Partnering with KENX for the "Cleanroom Validation, Disinfection, & Environmental Monitoring" Conference, February 17th - 19th in San Diego

At 12pm Wednesday, February 19th, Jason Kelly, Vice President of Services, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions will be presenting on the topic of "Environmental Monitoring System Design – to meet cGMP"
SESSION DESCRIPTION With the never ending shift towards continuous quality improvements within the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products it is worth looking at the current requirement of GMP and also 21CFR11 in the context of GAMP 5 requirements. How a Company creates, maintains, retrieves, corrects and controls data can affect...

Dec 23, 2019

General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA, Hasim Solmaz published an excellent article titled "Cleanroom Monitoring: Data Analysis and Assessment Explained"

Most end-users are collecting particle count data from their state-of-art online particle monitoring systems. However, due to lack of data analysis and assessment, either they overestimate conditions and take unnecessary actions that create a chain of failures, or neglect major issues and assume that they are safe, just because they have a monitoring system in place. In this article published online for Cleanroom Technology magazine, Hasim Solmaz, General...

Jun 5, 2019

Introduction to ISO 14644-1 Room Classifications

This video provides a brief introduction to ISO 14644-1 Room Classifications. Lighthouse products detect and monitor particles, as well as numerous other environmental factors in order to protect products and people. Learn more about how our more than 35 years of award-winning innovation and expertise can be leveraged to ensure your cleanroom operations success. If you are searching for stand-alone particle counters, microbial samplers or a fully integrated...

May 17, 2019

Introduction to Demarcation Lines

This video provides a brief introductory overview of the purpose of demarcation lines in the anteroom of a USP 797 regulated cleanroom environment. Lighthouse products detect and monitor particles, as well as numerous other environmental factors in order to protect products and people. Click here to view this introductory video.

Apr 17, 2019

Check out our new 1 minute intro video for Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions Handheld Particle Counter.

The ergonomically designed and lightweight Lighthouse Handheld 3016 particle counter features a minimum sensitivity of 0.3 μm and is the most dependable and user friendly handheld particle counter on the market. Please follow this link to our product configurator page to learn more about these instruments: https://www.golighthouse.com/en/airborne-particle-counters/handheld

Apr 15, 2019

We are back this year at ESTECH 2019 on April 29th - May 2nd, Las Vegas, NV!

The ESTECH Annual Meeting and Exposition is the leading conference for professionals in Controlled Environments/Cleanrooms, Environmental Testing, Product Reliability, and Nanotechnology Facilities. Lighthouse executive team members Peter Maguire (VP of Systems) and Jason Kelly (VP of Services) will be presenting on the following topics during the Emerging Markets Conference Session at 8am on May 2nd: * The Use of Clean Room Technology...

Mar 28, 2019

Lighthouse is currently featured on the cover of the March 2019 issue of Cleanroom Technology

Lighthouse is currently featured on the cover and in an excellent advertorial in the March 2019 issue of Cleanroom Technology. Founded in 1982, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of real time air, liquid, gas and microbial contamination monitoring systems and particle counters. Our company has leveraged superior software design, data integration ability and worldwide support offices to provide our customers...

Mar 27, 2019

Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions is Exhibiting at INTERPHEX 2019

Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions will be showcasing the new ActiveCount25H, which is our next evolution of the most awarded microbial sampler on the market (the ActiveCount100H) at INTERPHEX in NYC, April 2 - 4, 2019. We will also be showcasing the ApexRemote with Pump sensor (which just won the Controlled Environments Readers Choice Award for 2019) as well as the incredible new User Interface for the award winning ApexZ3 and ApexZ50 portable particle...

Mar 26, 2019

Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions is the Winner of Controlled Environments 2019 Reader's Choice Award for Best Monitoring / Instrumentation!

Lighthouse in honored to have won (for the third year in a row) the Readers Choice Award from Controlled Environments for our new ApexRemote with Pump sensor. Controlled Environments Readers' Choice Awards highlight the cleanroom equipment and supplies that readers judge most effective and trusted in their work. We sincerely appreciate the votes of all of our loyal customers! Apex represents everything that is important in a world class Environmental...

Mar 21, 2019

In the March edition of Cleanroom Technology, Jason Kelly, VP of Services, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, talks about particle counter management for better data integrity and reliability.

In this article, Jason Kelly reveals the best housekeeping methods that users of particle counters can apply to help mitigate against loss of data integrity and accuracy. Numerous events can affect the data integrity and accuracy of an instrument set up for particle detection. Cleanroom operators and personnel interacting with the device should consider the following conditions when using and managing a particle counter: Transportation while in use Capping the sample...

Mar 7, 2019

Check out our 1 1/2 minute introductory video for our new ActiveCount25H

The ActiveCount25H is the next evolution of the most awarded microbial sampler on the market (the ActiveCount100H)! Instead of a 100 lpm flow rate, the ActiveCount25H has a 25 lpm flow rate. As often times "less is more" one fourth the flow rate will result in four times less: 1. Stops to change media dishes 2. Media dishes used 3. Chances for contamination This industry guideline compliant HEPA filtered microbial sampler has...

Mar 4, 2019

Understanding Particle Sizes

This video provides a brief overview of relative particle sizes and some of the corresponding industries that are impacted by these particles. Lighthouse products detect and monitor particles, as well as numerous other environmental factors in order to protect products and people. Click here to view this particle size video.

Feb 20, 2019

We now have a complete how-to video series for the Lighthouse Liquid Batch Samplers!

These Instruments are Reliable, Accurate and Industry Compliant Lighthouse’s Liquid Batch Samplers are designed to be user-friendly and intuitive for utilization. Most importantly, these instruments are designed to be compliant to industry standards. For regulated applications to parts cleaning applications, the Lighthouse Batch Sampler will be the ideal choice for your liquid particle counting needs. Please click here for the link to our LS20...

Jan 31, 2019

General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA published an excellent article titled "GMP Compliant Environmental Monitoring Systems in Stem Cell and Tissue Laboratories: 7 Frequently Asked Questions".

Find the answers to 7 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS when it comes to GMP COMPLIANT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEMS IN STEM CELL AND TISSUE LABORATORIES 1. What are the equipment and monitoring parameters to be monitored in Stem Cell Laboratories? 2. Are there any standards and regulations required to be compliant in the monitoring...

Dec 12, 2018

Check out our new 3 1/2 minute video for Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions ApexRemote models.

Apex represents everything that is important in a world class Environmental Monitoring System. It is the Best In Class sensor and meets all the industry standards. The Risk Mitigation features of Self-Diagnostics and SmartBracket virtually eliminate data errors. Apex provides real time continuous data collection at a cost-effective price per point offering unmatched performance, accuracy and reliability. To learn more about the ApexRemote, click...

Dec 11, 2018

In the November edition of Clean Air and Containment Review, Hasim Solmaz, General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA published a very informative overview regarding the creation, implementation and maintaining of monitoring plan based on Risk Assessment

Clean areas used for aseptic manufacturing of sterile medicinal products are subject to standards and guidelines to ensure quality of production and to minimize risks of particulate and microbiological contamination. In recent years, a proper monitoring plan with a risk-based approach has become a part of many standards and regulations such as ISO 14644-2:2015 and ICH Harmonized Guideline ICHQ9 Quality Risk Management. However it is also obvious that there is a lack of good...

Nov 27, 2018

Hasim Solmaz, General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA, describes common and different points of Classification vs. Monitoring in the November 2018 edition of Cleanroom Technology.

Most of the people in cleanroom industry easily get confused between classification and monitoring of their cleanrooms. This article, by Hasim Solmaz, General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA, briefly describes common and different points of these two definitions. To read more:

Nov 20, 2018

In an article published online in November 2018 for Cleanroom Technology, Jason Kelly, talks about the importance of testing for particles in injectable products and USP 788.

Liquid sample technology that is compliant with USP <788> must be part of any testing strategy into winning the war on contaminants within parenteral injectables. Jason Kelly, VP of Services, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, explains the technology and why companies should use it. To read more:

Oct 10, 2018

Congrats to Hasim Solmaz, General Manager of Lighthouse EMEA for the publication of yet another informative article in the October 2018 edition of Cleanroom Technology!

"What's For Us In The New ISO-14644-1:2015?" Apply these six steps to make your cleanroom fit for the new standard, says Hasim Solmaz, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions 1. Check number of particles allowed for related cleanroom class 2. Beware of changes in Table 1 3. Check table A.1 for minimum sample locations 4. No more UCL %95 calculations 5. The calibration should be based upon ISO 21501-4 6. Tube length for...