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Jan 17, 2025

Particle Monitoring: Ensuring Quality and Safety Across Industries

Particle monitoring is like having a super-sensitive detective on your team, keeping an eye on invisible contaminants that could disrupt quality, safety, or efficiency. As industries evolve and regulations tighten, […]

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Jul 22, 2024

Controlling Cleanroom Contamination: How We Designed ApexZ Particle Counters for Easy Cleaning and Wipedown

Ensuring that the equipment used within cleanrooms is easy to wipe down and free from particle contamination is vital. Poorly designed equipment can become a contamination source, which is ironic […]

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Jun 26, 2024

Ensuring Cleanroom Integrity: The Importance of Gas Sampling

Gas Sampling in Cleanrooms  In cleanrooms, especially those classified ISO 5 or cleaner, maintaining contamination control is paramount. One significant potential source of contamination is compressed gas. Proper gas sampling […]

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Jun 26, 2024

Advanced Analytics: Driving Cleanroom Excellence in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 

Overview  Cleanrooms are essential in the pharmaceutical industry, providing controlled environments for the aseptic production of sterile products. Recently, big data analytics has emerged as a transformative tool, offering new […]

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May 23, 2024

Verifying Sterility – Gas Sampling in Semiconductor & Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms

May 14, 2024

Pharma 4.0 – How it Impacts EU-GMP Annex 1 Contamination Control Strategy

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May 14, 2024

Demystifying High Pressure Diffusers in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Understanding High Pressure Diffusers High Pressure Diffusers (HPDs) play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy of your particle counts when dealing with compressed gas samples. These devices serve as […]

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Dec 26, 2023

Establishing a PHARMA Environmental Monitoring Program

Dec 19, 2023

Pharma 4.0: Revolutionizing the Aseptic Manufacturing Process

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Nov 29, 2023

Elevating Pharmaceutical Quality: Navigating Regulatory Compliance and Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS)

Introduction In the realm of pharmaceuticals, the pursuit of excellence in product quality is a never-ending journey. Governments and private industries have diligently crafted recommendations and regulations over the years, […]

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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 […]

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Nov 15, 2023

Gas Sampling in Biopharma Cleanrooms: Ensuring Contamination Control

Introduction In the high-stakes realm of Pharmaceutical manufacturing, precision and adherence to stringent cleanliness standards are non-negotiable. Compressed gases are a staple in cleanroom environments, but they also present a […]

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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 […]

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Nov 2, 2023

USP 797 and Its Implementation in Aseptic Compounding Environments

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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 […]

Tech Paper - Medical Devices and Environmental Monitoring
Sep 26, 2023

Medical Devices and Environmental Monitoring

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Jul 6, 2023

Overview of Compounding Aseptic Products and Monitoring for Viable and Non-Viable Particle Contamination

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Feb 8, 2023

How Filtrations Systems Can Help Reduce the Spread of Infection in Hospitals

No one goes into medicine to cause harm. Doctors, nurses, techs, administrators, PAs, CNAs, and all other staff come together to bring life and give hope. Hospitals should be places […]

Pharma 4.0
Sep 14, 2022

What is Pharma 4.0?

Welcome to the age of the internet! Pharma 4.0 is the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s (ISPE) version of Industry 4.0, also called Smart Factory. Essentially, Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial […]

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 […]

Jan 9, 2022

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 […]

Oct 27, 2021

Microbiology & Bio contamination Control in Cleanrooms

Apr 22, 2021

Your Key to Success: Building a Contamination Control Strategy

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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 […]

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