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The Ultra Pure Water Qualification of the Vertex50
Qualification of Vertex50 to measure and detect ≥50nm trends in UPW systems The Vertex50 has TRUE sensitivity at 50nm has been qualified to measure and detect ≥50nm particles in Ultra-Pure Water...
Introducing The New “Fit Test Champion”: SHIELD-95-MEDI Surgical N95 Respirator
Anyone who has used an N95 face mask knows that they are far from comfortable: they pinch in all the wrong places, they fail fit tests, and they limit your vision. As you have to fiddle with your face mask,...
The TRUE Sensitivity of the Vertex50
The TRUE Sensitivity of the VERTEX50 Liquid Particle Counter for Ultra-Pure Water Applications in Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries. Liquid Particle counters (LPC’s) have widely been used...
The Basics of Liquid Particle Counters And Cleanrooms
If you have ever had a shot or used a cellphone, you have relied on a liquid particle counter! Liquid particle counters are used to measure the size and volume of particles in a sample of ultrapure water used...
Cleanroom Monitoring Explained ; How, when, and why do we do the monitoring in cleanrooms?
The Basics of Liquid Particle Counters: How Particles are Counted
Liquid particle counting is used to measure the size and distribution of particles in a liquid sample. The particle distribution and size are measured by irradiating a liquid sample with a laser diode and...
What Are Cleanroom Real Time Monitoring Systems?
Is there a way that you can improve response times, decrease contamination delays, and reduce personnel frustration in your cleanroom? There absolutely is. The answer is a real time monitoring...
Using RTMS To Improve Semiconductor Product Yields
What is 21CFR11 and why is it so important in maintaining Data Integrity?
Questions to Ask About The Application of 21 CFR Part 11 In Your Operations
The following questions will help you ask the right questions when implementing a system that adheres to 21CFR Part 11. It is important to satisfy the requirements of this FDA code in order to enable Data...
Cleanroom Maintenance Checklist
Cleanroom maintenance is the key to ensuring your cleanroom continues to operate at peak form. Failure to conduct regular maintenance can have devastating consequences for your cleanroom. For instance, in...
21 CFR part 11 Overview
21 CFR Part 11 outlines the federal requirements that help to ensure that electronic records are trustworthy, reliable, and generally equivalent to paper records and handwritten signatures executed on...
Your Path To A Paperless Cleanroom Part 2
How To Improve Your Cleanroom Data Integrity What does particulate data collection in your cleanroom look like? Let’s paint a picture together of the current system - or close to it - in the...
Lighthouse Apex Particle Counters compatibility with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) is a powerful chemical used to sterilize surfaces and equipment in the cleanroom, specifically in the medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries. It can cause...
Your Path To A Paperless Cleanroom part 1
Did you know 75% of life science companies still use a paper based system in their cleanrooms? That means in an 8 hour shift, you need someone to look at as much as 5,000 individual count data samples which...
Good Automated Manufacturing Practices 5 (GAMP5) And Your Cleanroom
The Good Automated Manufacturing Practices (GAMP) were developed by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) for pharmaceutical cleanrooms. The ISPE remains the governing body for GAMP....
Fill the “GAP” Good Application Practice “How to Test HEPA Filters ”
Cleanroom Particle Filtration Basics
Your filters are what separates your cleanroom from just some ordinary, run-of-the-mill room. They stop potentially harmful contaminants from entering the room. They prevent yield loss and harm to the...
Photometer vs Particle Counter: Which Is Right For Your Cleanroom?
When you need to classify your cleanroom, do you reach for your trusty photometer or particle counter? Both photometers and particle counters are devices used in cleanrooms to measure particles, but they go...
Best Practices in Particle Counter Management To Increase Data Integrity Reliability
What Does "As Received Data" Mean During Particle Counter Calibration?
What does a perfect cleanroom look like? Zero contamination, immaculately gowned personnel, and no malfunctioning equipment, ever. That's the dream, right? While perfection might not be...
Good Application Practice: How to Perform Proper Cleanroom Classification
How To Choose Your Cleanroom Classifying & Monitoring Tools
So you’re going to classify your cleanroom. But what cleanroom classifying tools can you use that will make the process painful and easy? First things first, let’s define cleanroom...
Water For injection Liquid Monitoring for Pharmaceuticals
Water is one of the major utilities used by the pharmaceutical industry. Different grades of water quality are required depending on the different pharmaceutical uses. Control of the quality of water, in...
USP <788> Regulations For Liquid Particle Counters In Cleanrooms
What happens if an injectable is contaminated? Infections, complications, vein irritation, local tissue infarction, anaphylactic shock, other health risks, and potentially death… The end-user is put in...
GMPs For Ultrapure Water In Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms
Water is an essential part of everyday life, and certain cleanrooms are no different - especially in pharmaceuticals. But water is unique apart from other products and process ingredients because ultrapure...
6 Water Purification Methods For Cleanrooms
Water. It makes up 70% of our bodies, but, even more importantly, it serves as a vital ingredient and manufacturing component in cleanrooms. Before we are able to introduce it into the cleanroom setting -...
USP 788 Testing for Particles in Injectable Products
We are all too well aware of the adverse effects of particulate matter contamination within parenteral injectable pharmaceutical products and the consequences for patient safety. Here, particulate matter...
“Cleanrooms” Introduced In Peru Hospitals
Cleanrooms and hospitals. We talk a lot about pharmaceuticals and other medical devices being developed in cleanrooms… But cleanrooms actually IN hospitals? Well, to be fair, they aren’t...
Digitalize Your Environmental Monitoring Contamination Control Strategy
Case Study: Compatibility Of Lighthouse Particle Counters With Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
Executive Summary The purpose of this case study was to evaluate the durability of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions’ ApexZ3 and ApexR5p in a cleanroom where live microorganisms are processed and then...
How Do Manufacturers Get The Perfect Car Paint Job
Imagine you've been rear-ended. There's a little dent in your fender, but the paint has been damaged. When you go to get it fixed, what will matter more to you? The exact specifications of the process...
Microbiology & Bio contamination Control in Cleanrooms
How to validate your Cleanroom. HVAC Performance Qualification Basics.
Data Integrity in Environmental Monitoring
Features to look for in your particle monitor to ensure compliance of your cleanroom Environmental monitoring lies at the heart of regulatory compliance for cleanrooms used in pharmaceutical,...
Using a Risk Assessment to Build a Monitoring System Focusing on Data Integrity
Fill in the "GAP"; Good Application Practices - "How to Test HEPA Filters?"
Preventing Downtime With Liquid Particle Counting Technology
Your Key to Success: Building a Contamination Control Strategy
Particle Monitoring- How To Go Paperless in The Cleanroom
8 Industries That Need A Cleanroom
Who uses a cleanroom? Cleanrooms designed to keep air constantly circulating, using air filters and positive pressure to keep critical processes clean from particles and contaminants. So they are...
Understanding Particle Counter Calibration in Less Than 45 Minutes
What Is Particle Counter Calibration? And why is it important?
What Is Particle Counter Calibration? And why is it important? Particle counters are a fundamental part of any properly maintained cleanroom. They are intricate tools used to count the number of...
Remote Particle Counters for Pharmaceutical Applications
Airborne particle counters are an important tool used in the environmental monitoring of pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical and radiopharmaceutical facilities worldwide. The trend of globalization...
Understanding Particle Counter technology, the risks of particle count data integrity and the importance of ISO 21501-4 calibration
Airborne Particle Counters are widely used in Cleanrooms to monitor for signs of cleanroom air contamination and in most cases the particle count data is used to make critical process decisions. Today’s...
Particle Monitoring - Going Paperless in the Cleanroom
The Impact of Low Counting Efficiency Explained
What is Counting Efficiency? According to ISO 21501-4 “Counting Efficiency (CE) is the ration of the number concentration by a light scattering particle counter (LSAPC) to that measured by a...
Understanding 4-20mA Data Accuracy In Particle Counting
When considering using a 4-20mA particle counter you should verify how this can affect the number of particles that are displayed on your software. Measurement resolution can have an impact on the accuracy of...
Building Management Systems (BMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and GMP Requirements
An Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) is very different from a Building Management System (BMS). A building management system (BMS), also known as a building automation system (BAS), is a computer-based...
Cleanroom Environmental Monitoring Systems, Regulatory compliance and Risk Mitigation
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...
Lighthouse Environmental Monitoring Systems for Hospitals, Surgery Centers & Clinics
ISO / IEC 17025 Calibration Explained
What is ISO/IEC 17025? ISO/IEC 17025 is a quality standard, similar to ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines requirements...
Technical Study - MTBF of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions Particle Counters
Our Products are widely used in many industries throughout the world. You have come to rely on the data generated by our particle counters. With the importance of your data in making key operational decisions...
Understanding Your Particle Counter Calibration
We recommend this paper is read in conjunction with ISO/IEC 17025 Calibration Explained. Particle Counter calibrations since 2007 are mostly based on ISO 21501 which is the most complete particle counter...
Finally, the reliable, accurate and industry compliant liquid batch sampler you have been looking for is here!
Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions developed the LS-20 Liquid Sampler using the latest in laser optical particle counter technology. With sample volumes adjustable from 1 to 1000 milliliters (10 or 25mL syringe),...
Data Integrity – Choosing the right particle monitoring equipment to help mitigate risks and safeguard your particle count data.
Data Integrity risks are inherently proportional to the complexities of the processes and computerized systems where the data is sourced from. Particle Counter data plays a critical role in the pharmaceutical...
Gas Sampling Applications
Lighthouse offers an opportunity to sample the contamination level in compressed gases. In the electronics industry as well as the Pharma industry contamination control of compressed gas has been...
Maintaining Validation and Calibration
A wide variety of scientific instruments are used on a regular basis to assist in our daily IAQ investigations. Moisture meters, temperature and relative humidity probes, infrared cameras, and particle...
Risk Based Particle Monitoring In Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Airborne particle counters are an important tool used in the environmental monitoring of pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities worldwide. In addition to determining air quality as...
Application in Automotive
As the automotive industry transforms with new technologies, timely, accurate, and quality production becomes increasingly critical to manufactures. Cleanliness requirements for certain components in...
Indoor Air Quality Monitoring – Aerosol Particle Counter used in Mold Investigation at Local School
Poor indoor air quality in our educational facilities is an ongoing concern in many communities. Mold in particular, has teachers, students, parents, and administrators across the country looking very closely...
Continuous Particle Monitoring in Cleanrooms
In order to determine the best system for continuous monitoring of particles in a cleanroom, you should understand the two types of continuous particle monitoring systems. Real time particle monitoring...
Multi-point Monitoring in Minienvironments
Minienvironments and isolation technology have become commonplace in semiconductor and other high technology manufacturing industries. The use of minienvironments and the associated automation allows for...
Meeting the ITRS Roadmap Guidelines for Particle Measurements in Ultrapure Water
DI water is used throughout electronics manufacturing. In semiconductor manufacturing it is used for multiple processes including the cleaning and etching of wafers. DI water is also used in other critical...
