Mar 15, 2024

ApexZ and LMS XChange configuration

Vertex illustration in a liquid lab
Mar 12, 2024

How Vertex Liquid Particle Counters Provide Accurate Results with Less Guesswork

In the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, semiconductor fabrication, and cleanroom environments, precision monitoring is critical to ensuring the effectiveness and safety of quality products. The accuracy of your monitoring data is paramount to avoiding errors and losses during production.  False count rate, also known as zero-count rate, is a crucial metric used to assess the […]

Mar 4, 2024

The Vertex Family Welcomes a New Addition!

Introducing a groundbreaking revolution in the world of liquid particle counting, we are thrilled to announce the latest addition to the Vertex family of LWS liquid particle counters – the Vertex100. The Vertex100 redefines the way you manage particle counting with its incredibly compact design, unparalleled sensitivity, and true real-time data. The Original Innovation The […]

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Feb 26, 2024

Wired Versus Wireless Particle Monitoring Systems

Jan 31, 2024

Continuous Microbial Monitoring

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Dec 26, 2023

The Basics of Liquid Particle Counting

Dec 20, 2023

Going Paperless in the Cleanroom with the ApexZ Portable Particle Counter

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Dec 20, 2023

EV Battery Manufacturing: A Journey of Precision and Particle Contamination Control

The rapid rise of electric vehicles (EVs) has brought about a surge in demand for high-quality lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are the heart of EVs, providing the power needed to propel these vehicles. However, manufacturing lithium-ion batteries is a complex process that demands meticulous control over various factors, including particle contamination. Particle Contamination: A Hidden […]

Illustration showing a cleanroom tech sampling the air
Dec 6, 2023

Lighthouse Active Air Sampler Technology and d50

Air Sampler impaction technology has been around for decades. However, the d50 is a little known aspect of air sampler technology design and it plays a critical role in air sample capture. Aerosol Impaction is the process in which particles are removed from an air stream by forcing the gases to make a sharp bend. […]

Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Illustration
Nov 21, 2023

Safeguarding Biopharma Cleanrooms: Lighthouse Apex Particle Counters and the Power of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP)

Introduction Cleanrooms in the Pharmaceutical industry are sanctuaries of precision, where the highest standards of cleanliness are not just expected but demanded. A key player in the sterilization arsenal of these cleanrooms is Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP), a potent chemical used to disinfect surfaces and equipment. However, the nature of VHP, while highly effective at […]

Pharmaceutical Worker Illustration
Nov 8, 2023

Understanding Airborne Particle Counters in Pharmaceutical Facilities

Introduction Airborne particle counters play a crucial role in ensuring the environmental integrity of pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical, and radiopharmaceutical facilities worldwide. In an increasingly globalized pharmaceutical industry, cooperation and harmonization have become the norm, driving the demand for continuous monitoring in these facilities as well as the drive for digital solutions to meet your Contamination Control Strategy. In this […]

Transforming Ultrapure Water
Oct 11, 2023

Transforming Ultrapure water quality monitoring with the Vertex50

The Vertex50: A Brief Introduction The Vertex50 is a liquid particle counter equipped with multiple size channels, including nanometers. It has undergone a meticulous testing process to achieve verification, ensuring its reliability and accuracy. One of its standout features is its ability to provide online, real-time monitoring, a critical tool in reducing yield loss in […]

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Oct 4, 2023

The Importance of Liquid Particle Counters for Pharmaceutical Water Quality

Water quality plays a critical role in the pharmaceutical industry, where stringent requirements must be met to ensure the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products. Different pharmaceutical processes demand varying levels of water quality, making it essential to have precise control over water purification systems. Contaminated water can jeopardize product quality and, ultimately, patient safety. […]

May 11, 2023

Lighthouse ScanAir Pro – Filter Integrity Test Method

Jan 26, 2023

LMS Express 4 Walkthrough

Nov 23, 2022

How Do Cleanroom Active Air Samplers Work?

Have you ever heard the old wives’ tale that if you water your garden at night, mushrooms will grow by morning? While there’s some truth to this timing, because mushrooms grow when there’s a certain moisture content and the night prevents water from evaporating at the same rate, there is a deeper, hidden, much more […]

Nov 22, 2022

Remote Particle Counters For Pharmaceutical Applications

Nov 17, 2022

How to Choose Cleanroom Monitoring Instruments

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Nov 16, 2022

How Do Wildfires Affect Air Quality?

During the 2020 fire season, more than 106 large wildfires occurred in the states of Oregon and California. The fires were battled by tens of thousands of wildland firefighters, but still burned more than 6.7 million acres. While thousands of people lost their homes, almost every resident of the state was able to see the […]

ApexZ3
Nov 15, 2022

Is The ApexZ The Right Airborne Particle Counter For You?

An airborne particle counter only needs to know two things to begin sampling: where it is and how long to sample. From there, it should be built around ease of use and reliability. You should be able to trust that your airborne particle counter is working for you and not the other way around. You […]

Nov 14, 2022

ApexZ Tutorial with Davis – Quick Certs

Nov 10, 2022

Basics Of Particle Counting

Nov 9, 2022

8 Features To Look For In An Active Air Sampler

An active air sampler is one of the tools you can use in your cleanroom to monitor contamination, but, specifically, it is the tool you can use to monitor viable contamination. These are live microbes, so they have the potential to grow, like mold or fungi. While a particle counter can tell if contamination is […]

Nov 3, 2022

Indoor Air Quality And Its Impact On Our Health And How To Improve It

Nov 1, 2022

ApexZ Tutorial with Davis – Grid View

Oct 14, 2022

Vertex50 Where Gamma Immunity and Sensitivity Meet

Oct 8, 2022

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 Systems (UPW). UPW systems are used in many industries worldwide to provide high purity water. Ultrapure water is a commonly used term in the […]

Oct 6, 2022

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 getting more important over the last few years. 

Sep 19, 2022

Setting Presets For The ApexZ

Sep 15, 2022

Creating A Compliant Environmental Monitoring Program

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 product quality. How a company reacts to out […]

Pharma 4.0
Aug 3, 2022

Cleanroom Basics: What Is Ultrapure Water?

If you are working with a pharmaceutical or semiconductor manufacturing cleanroom, you most likely have seen ultrapure water in action. This water is used for water for injectables (WFI) in pharmaceuticals and as a chisel for semiconductors. While it has many other purposes, these are the primary two. And those two industries use a lot […]

Liquid Particle Counters And Cleanrooms
Jul 27, 2022

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 in cleanrooms. Ultrapure water is water that has been specially processed to minimize contamination. It is […]

Jul 13, 2022

Basics On Minimizing Contamination Risk In Your Cleanroom

What is the biggest villain in the contamination control and cleanroom world? Particles. Contamination. This contamination can cause yield and financial loss, delays, frustration, and physical threats to the end user. It is something that should be avoided wherever possible.  To minimize contamination risk in your cleanroom, you first need to understand what contamination control […]

Jul 9, 2022

Basic Manual Sampling With The ApexZ

Jun 8, 2022

Lighthouse Active Air Sampler Technology and d50

Air Sampler impaction technology has been around for decades. However the d50 is a little know aspect of air sampler technology design and it plays a critical role in air sample capture. Aerosol Impaction is the process in which particles are removed from an air stream by forcing the gases to make a sharp bend. […]

Jun 3, 2022

Lighthouse Apex Particle Counters compatibility with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide

Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) is a powerful chemical used to sterilize surfaces andequipment in the cleanroom, specifically in the medical equipment and pharmaceuticalindustries. It can cause deterioration and breakdown of equipment. Due to the nature of theindustries in which it is used, VHP is often used to sterilize equipment while the cleanroomis in use. Thus, […]

May 11, 2022

Your Ultimate Guide To Cleanroom Air Distribution Strategy

We talk a lot about contamination control strategies in a cleanroom, but there is another type of strategy you need to consider: air distribution. This strategy is typically put into place during the planning and building of a cleanroom because it has a lot to do with infrastructure. But understanding your cleanroom’s air distribution strategy […]

Apex Z3 Front
Apr 22, 2022

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 about it in different ways and report different data. According to ISO 14644, both are acceptable forms of testing for classification, especially […]

viable monitoring
Apr 5, 2022

Aseptic Environment: Nonviable vs Viable Monitoring

Does it matter what kind of particles exist in your cleanroom? Isn’t all contamination bad? On the surface, yes. You just need to know if your cleanroom is contaminated or not. Any contamination poses a risk to the contents of the cleanroom and, in some industries, a threat to the end-user or product. But we […]

Apr 1, 2022

Airborne Particle Counters and How They Work

cleanroom classification
Mar 1, 2022

Cleanroom Classification: What Makes  A Cleanroom

So what exactly makes a cleanroom… A cleanroom? First and foremost, a cleanroom needs to be clean. You are able to communicate just how clean it is through its cleanroom classification. But you cannot attain the classification without first making sure your cleanroom is really that clean. You do this through a proper cleanroom contamination control strategy […]

batch sampler
Feb 21, 2022

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 jeopardy. That is why it is vital we prevent contamination at the source: in the cleanroom during the manufacturing of the pharmaceuticals. This involves utilizing a liquid particle counter  […]

Feb 2, 2022

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 refers to the small, sub visible particles. The United States Pharmacopoeia, USP <788> provides two tests for detecting such particulates: light obscuration and microscopic assay. Both are […]

particle deposition
Jan 27, 2022

Particle Deposition And Ways To Prevent It

As the world’s clean air experts, we talk a lot about monitoring your cleanroom’s cleanliness by keeping an eye on airborne particles. But what happens when airborne particles are no longer airborne? That is what we call particle deposition. When a particle deposits, it causes contamination and chaos in a cleanroom. So it is important […]

Jan 20, 2022

5 Ways A Portable Particle Counter Will Improve Your Cleanroom

Everyone with a cleanroom could use a particle counter, right? But which particle counter is right for you, and WHY is that particle counter a portable one? First and foremost, a portable particle counter creates its own vacuum, can be moved, and typically displays its reading on a built-in screen. This prevents you from leaving […]

Nov 15, 2021

The Liquid Intrusion Resistant ApexZ

Aug 6, 2021

How Do You Measure Air Particles?

Air particles are measured by forcing air through a cavity in a particle counter which uses a laser to measure and count the particles. This is done through a process called light scattering.  Parts Of A Particle Counter Inside a particle counter, you will find a laser sensor block. This is where the particles are sized […]

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Jun 25, 2021

How Do Light Scattering Airborne Particle Counters Work?

Light scattering is a technology that revolutionized the airborne particle counter industry, because it is able to quickly, efficiently, and accurately determine the size and number of particles that pass through an airborne particle counter in real time. Today, it is used in the airborne particle counters that set industry standards, because it is the […]

May 28, 2021

Which Is Right For You: Handheld Particle Counter vs Remote Particle Counter vs Portable Particle Counter

Are you considering a new particle counter for your cleanroom? There are a number of options that might be right for you. Before reading through the pros and cons of each particle counter, we recommend you create a list of what you are looking for in your particle counter. On this list, we recommend you […]

particles and pharmaceuticals
Mar 22, 2021

How Do Particles Impact Pharmaceuticals?

As clean air experts, we talk a lot about making sure that the air in a cleanroom stays as clean as possible. We do this to meet Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) in pharmaceuticals and keep our products on the shelves and helping people. When we bring contaminants into a cleanroom, […]

Mar 9, 2021

10 Facts About Indoor Air Quality You Might Not Know

In the COVID-19 era, indoor air quality has become a hot button topic. There are a lot of interesting facts about indoor air quality that you might not know, but one of the most surprising facts is that your indoor air quality was impacting you long before COVID. As the world’s clean air experts, we […]

hand held particle counter
Feb 4, 2021

What Are Handheld Particle Counters?

Handheld particle counters are just what it sounds like: particle counters that you can hold in your hand. They are typically use to spot check a cleanroom or to test air temperature and humidity. Handheld particle counters are a versatile, ergonomic tool that deserves its place in the modern cleanroom, along with indoor air quality […]

Jan 1, 2021

Integrating ApexZ with LMS Pharma8

This Whitepaper is intended to assist users that are looking to integrate their ApexZ unit into LMS Pharma’s facility control/monitoring system. This document covers the following topics: 1. Establishing a connection to the ApexZ unit via the Configuration Tool 2. Establishing a connected unit into LMS Pharma’s Database Tree 3. Adding a connected unit to […]

Aug 17, 2020

Selecting Air Sampling Equipment

Jun 10, 2020

ApexZ From Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions

May 10, 2020

ApexZ Part 4: Paths to Paperless Data

May 10, 2020

ApexZ Part 3: GMP Workflow Activation

May 10, 2020

ApexZ Part 2: Technologically Advanced System

May 10, 2020

ApexZ Part 1: Physical Features

Oct 15, 2019

Introduction to Sample Volumes & Flow Rates

May 18, 2019

Quick How To: ApexRemote || How to Connect with a Mobile Device

Apr 19, 2019

Handheld Particle Counter || The Most Dependable & User Friendly Handheld Particle Counter

Apr 19, 2019

Handheld Particle Counter || The Most Dependable & User Friendly Handheld Particle Counter

Apr 19, 2019

Handheld Particle Counter || The Most Dependable & User Friendly Handheld Particle Counter

Apr 10, 2019

Introduction to Viable Sampling

Mar 6, 2019

ActiveCount25H – Viable Sampler with HEPA Filter Exhaust

Feb 13, 2019

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – Audit Trail Function

Feb 13, 2019

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – Reports

Jan 18, 2019

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – How to Change Thresholds – Liquid Particle Counter

Jan 3, 2019

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – Initial User Set-Up – Liquid Particle Counter

Dec 15, 2018

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – Home Screen Set-Up – Liquid Particle Counter

Dec 11, 2018

ApexRemote Series Particle Counting’s Latest Technology

Dec 8, 2018

Quick How To: Liquid Sampler LS20 – Initial Set-Up Liquid Particle Counter

Jan 4, 2018

Liquid Sampler LS-20 Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions

Nov 13, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Mounting Petri Dish

Oct 28, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Assigning Locations & Users

Oct 20, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Setting Up a Password

Oct 20, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Home Screen Orientation

Oct 1, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Gas Sampling

Sep 9, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Periodic Sampling

Sep 2, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Constant Sampling

Aug 18, 2017

Solair 1100/3100/5100 Tutorial Series | Configure Security Settings

Aug 18, 2017

Solair 1100/3100/5100 Tutorial Series | Configure Alarm Settings

Aug 18, 2017

Solair 1100/3100/5100 Tutorial Series | Configure Sample Settings

Aug 18, 2017

ActiveCount100H Tutorial Series | Sampling Modes & Parameters

Aug 18, 2017

ActiveCount100H Tutorial Series | General Instrument Settings

Aug 18, 2017

ActiveCount100H Tutorial Series | Gas Sampling

Aug 18, 2017

Handheld 2016/3106/5016 | Training Getting Started

Aug 17, 2017

ActiveCount100H Tutorial Series | Main Screen Overview, Records, Users & Locations

Apr 11, 2017

Quick How To: ActiveCount100H Exporting Data

Sep 4, 2015

Locations Function

Sep 4, 2015

Reports Function

Aug 12, 2014

ApexR5 Remote Particle Counter Introduction