Sterilization: Establishing the Process (single user digital version)

Published
Apr 2017
ISBN
9781942911081
Pages
193
PDA Item Number
18029
Format
PDF Single user
Member Price
$120.00
Nonmember Price
$150.00
Government Price
$120.00

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Understanding Your Process Series
Sterilization: Establishing the Process

In the past 15 years, PDA/DHI has published more than 1,000 practical scientific and regulatory chapters, written by global subject matter experts, which have been designed to help pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers stay abreast, streamline processes and comply with regulators.

We have now collected bestsellers and added materials that have not published before in electronic book form covering three vital topics:

  • Cleaning and Cleanrooms
  • Sterilization
  • Environmental Monitoring

    These easily accessible, reasonably priced, informative collections offer background and hands-on applications that will help with a myriad of activities for manufacturers.

    The Sterilization: Establishing the Process discusses compliance, regulatory inspections, containment system sterility, test failure investigations and many other basics.

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    Format: PDF (1 file 1.24 MB)

  • Table of Contents

    Table of Contents:

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    1. Compliance Aspects of Sterility Testing
    2. Ensuring Sterility: Autoclaves, Wet Loads and Sterility Failures
    3. Preparing for Regulatory Inspections of Sterile Facilities: The Focal Points
    4. Biological Indicators for Steam Sterilization: Failure Investigations
    5. Containment System Sterility
    6. Sterility Test Failure Investigations
    7. Variations in the Resistance of Biological Indicators used to Assess Sterilization

    About the Authors

    Dr. Tim Sandle is the Head of Microbiology at the UK Bio Products Laboratory. His role involves overseeing a range of microbiological tests, batch review, microbiological investigation and policy development. Tim has over 20 years experience of work in the scientific and pharmaceutical fields. He serves on several national and international committees relating to pharmaceutical microbiology and cleanroom contamination control (including the ISO cleanroom standards), and has acted as a spokesperson for several microbiological societies. He is a committee member of the UK and Irish Microbiology Society Pharmig and editor of the organization's newsletter. Tim has written over 200 book chapters, peer reviewed papers and technical articles relating to microbiology. In addition, Tim runs an online microbiology website (www.pharmamicro.com) as well as two LinkedIn groups relating to microbiology and sterility assurance.