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Contamination Control, Clean Room Design, and Environmental Monitoring for Controlled Environments - Option 1

Aug 12, 2019
Bethesda, MD

  • Education
  • The Americas
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Overview

This training course will provide a comprehensive understanding of clean room design as it applies to ongoing operation, as well as the knowledge to develop a contamination control strategy and implement an environmental monitoring program for controlled environments. Case studies and practice failure investigations will be used to demonstrate common errors to avoid as well as best practices to implement. The participants will gain an understanding of how design, control, and monitoring work together to provide the required manufacturing environment, which will allow the participants to identify opportunities for improvement within their companies. Participants will also learn how to investigate excursions when they occur.

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Agenda

  • Training courses run from 8:30 to 16:00 each day, unless otherwise noted. An agenda will be provided on the first day of the training course.

Trainers

Robert Ferer
Robert Ferer
Quality Executive Partners, Inc.
Bio
Robert Ferer
Quality Executive Partners, Inc.

Robert (Bob) Ferer is the Practice Lead responsible for Engineering and Operations at Quality Executive Partners Inc. A graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Bob is an engineering chemist and has more than 25 years direct industry experience including the design, build, start-up, and management of facilities, specializing in aseptic manufacturing. His operational experience covers all aspects of pharmaceutical operations from receipt of raw materials through inspection, final packaging, and shipping of finished products. In addition to operations expertise, Bob was instrumental in multiple new facility design and start up projects which included developing and executing project master plans, schedules, and budgets; performing hands-on validation, design review, and equipment start up and commissioning. As a consultant, Bob provides high-level consultation to clients on regulatory and compliance issues related to operations, engineering, and facility design for US as well as EU markets.

Additional Information

  • Learning Objectives

    Learning Objectives

    1. Identify elements of clean room design critical to successful operation
    2. Explain how a contamination control program complements the environmental monitoring program
    3. Determine the key elements in a contamination control program
    4. Identify sampling locations for the environmental monitoring program
    5. Investigate environmental monitoring excursions and identify potential root causes
  • Who Should Attend

    Who Should Attend

    This training course is intended for professionals who are involved in contamination control strategy development for sterile drug manufacturing.

    Departments
    Engineering, Quality Assurance, Quality Control

    Roles
    Engineer, Specialist, Analyst, Supervisor, Manager

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4350 East West Highway, Suite 110
Bethesda, MD

How to Get Here

By Air

The Washington/Bethesda area is serviced by the following airports: Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).

By Car

There is a parking garage located at the training course location. The fee is $12/day. Please do not leave your car in the parking garage past 6:00 p.m. as both the building and parking garage access doors are locked.

Other Options

Metro – Ride the Red Line of the Metro and depart at Bethesda station. It is a 5-minute walk from Bethesda station to the training course location.

Amtrak – Ride Amtrak and depart at Union Station. From Union Station, ride the Red Line of the Metro and depart at Bethesda station. It is a 5-minute walk from Bethesda station to the training course location.

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Registration Fees

Early Registration
Registration Type Price By June 28, 2019
Member $1,259
Non-member $1,511
Gov't/Health Auth./Academic* $839



Regular Registration
Registration Type Price After June 28, 2019
Member $1,399
Non-member $1,679
Gov't/Health Auth./Academic* $839



* For this member type or discount, online registration is not available, please contact [email protected].

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