Aseptic Enclosures – Contamination Control
Although most pharmacy personnel will say that the highest risk of exposure to hazardous drugs is during the compounding process, we feel that there is an even greater risk of exposure to hazardous materials during shipping and receiving. Under the current regulations as well as the upcoming USP <800> the hazardous materials are usually ordered …
In the last couple of years, in an effort of Making TPN compounding safe, we have recorded a serious upswing and increase in the use of automated IV preparation systems. Their popularity is directly linked to their ease of use since they combine barcode scanning and Digital image capture to ensure safer and more efficient …
Whether isolator or cleanroom-based working areas, if we’re talking about both sterile and hazardous sterile preparations we recognize the first source of Exposure To Hazardous Materials . The first known is actually outside of the cleanroom and is the pre-cleaning station. In the hazardous drug area, we like to see packages from shipping and receiving brought …
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Controlling microbial ingress into the cleanroom is a critical concern for the entire cleaning and disinfection process. Components, personnel, carts, tanks, tools, cleaning supplies, and instruments that are transferred into the clean area should be clean and free of contamination. Cross contamination is easier to prevent than to correct.
Due to COVID 19, the need for isolation rooms for various needs and patients. There have been a number of cases where the transmission of the virus occurred in a healthcare facility.
Steroids for epidural delivery were found to be contaminated with fungal spores leading to over 700 reported cases of meningitis and 64 deaths.
Aseptic Enclosures located in St Louis, Missouri manufactures a wide range of Air Filtration equipment for Aseptic processing and Containment applications.
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