The journal to enhance your knowledge of cleanroom, clean air and containment technology

Editor: John Neiger
Publisher: Euromed Communications

Journal contents list

Issue 9: January 2012

Main features: Real-time counting of airborne particles and microorganisms: A new technological wave?; Tim Sandle; Hydrogen peroxide sanitisation - Part 1: Demystifying the process; Tim Coles; Risks and benefits of UV lights in biosafety cabinets; Dian Susanti and Alexander Atmadi
Innovations: A new approach to particle counting in cleanrooms; Dr Barry Hill
Standards: Extended revision of ISO 14644:1999; Gordon Farquharson; ISO 14644 and 14698 update; John Neiger
Conference reports: Clean Tech 2011, Milan; John Neiger; GERPAC 14th Annual Conference, October 2011; Tim Coles; PHSS European Isolator and RABS Conference; Karen Rossington
Vital vocabulary: N is for...
News: schülke, Esco/ETI, XiltriX/Validair, Shield Medicare, Pharminox; Events and training courses

Main features: HEPA Filter testing – difficult to test filters, Part 2: Solutions; Neil Stephenson; Containment systems, Part 6: Isolators qualification and testing; Paul Gurney-Read; Isolators and Instruments; Tim Coles; Sound level measurement on biosafety cabinets; Alexander Atmadi and Lin Xiang Qian
Innovations: Validation of a UV torch; Dominic Heckmann and James Tucker
Standards: Update on ISO 14644, energy efficiency and filter standards; John Neiger
Vital vocabulary: M is for...
Regulatory reflections: New WHO contamination control related GMP guidance documents; Dr Hans H. Schicht
News: Energy and Carbon, Pharminox, Shield Medicare; Esco, Validair, DOP Solutions; Events and training courses

Main features: HEPA Filter testing - difficult to test filters, Part 1: Volumetric testing; Neil Stephenson; Containment systems, Part 5: Isolators - automation and controls; Paul Gurney-Read; Performance of clothing systems in the context of operating rooms: a question of patient safety; Bengt Ljungqvist, Berit Reinmuller and Johan Nordenadler; Quality by Design applied to cleanrooms; Dr Siegfried Schmitt
Innovations: Antimicrobial effectiveness evaluation of Isocide™ powder coating; Dian Susanti and Alexander Atmadi
Standards: Reflections on BSI Cleanrooms consultation on draft event, London, March 23 2011; John Neiger
Regulatory reflections: The VDI 2083 family of contamination control guidelines: An overview and a specific focus upon energy conservation; Dr Hans H. Schicht
Vital vocabulary: L is for...
News: DOP Solutions, Helapet, CAS, Esco, schülke, Validair
Events and training courses

Main features: The measurement of air supply volumes and velocities in cleanrooms, Part 2: Anemometer readings at the filter face; W Whyte, W M Whyte, G Green; Microbial recovery on settle plates in unidirectional airflow cabinets; Tim Sandle; Calibration of particle counters: a user's comments; Tim Eaton; Static electricity in cleanrooms; Larry Levit; Operator protection test on a biosafety cabinet with width less than 3 ft; Dian Susanti, Alexander Atmadi and XQ Lin
Innovations: Zoned ultra clean air operating theatres; John Neiger
Conference report: Management Forum bio-safety and bio-security conference; John Neiger
Regulatory reflections: Revisions to the EU GMP guidelines; Hans Schicht
Vital vocabulary: H, I, J are for...
News: Helapet, Pharminox, Biotest, Validair, Esco
Events and training courses

Main features: The measurement of air supply volumes and velocities in cleanrooms, Part 1: Supply air volumes; W Whyte, W M Whyte, G Green; Selection of active air samplers; Tim Sandle; The ISO calibration standard for particle counters: A personal view; Steve Moss, Matthew Plocki; Biological safety cabinets: Comparison between European and US standards; Lin Xiang Qian
Innovations: Particulate validation of a new trigger spray delivery system; James Tucker, Neil Simpson, Steve Moss
Conference reports: Gerpac: 2010 Annual Conference; Tim Coles; S2C2 Containment Seminar; Tim Coles; P-Mech Mumbai 2010; Tim Coles
Vital vocabulary: E, F, G are for...
Standards: The ISO 14644 series; John Neiger; Revision of ISO 14644-1:1999 and ISO 14644-2:2000; Gordon Farquharson; PDA Technical Report 51 (Biological Indicators); Tim Coles; Proposed new Code of Practice for Energy Management
News: ACT, Esco, DOP Solutions, Helapet, CAS, PMT
Events and training courses

Main features: The history of the development of microbiological safety cabinets Part 4: The European Dimension; Professor Raymond P Clark; Containment systems Part 4: Isolators – access, ergonomics and cleaning; Paul Gurney-Read; Introduction to energy management systems and EN16001; Trevor Floyd; The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and energy efficient cleanrooms; Brendon McManus; Cleanroom HVAC and contamination control: A green challenge to the Regulatory (Orange) Guide; Tim Eaton
Innovations: The world's first Carbon-Neutral® Class II MSC
Regulations and guidelines: Regulatory reflections: PHSS White Paper on RABS; Hans Schicht
Vital vocabulary: D is for...
News: Envair, Esco, Diamond Scientific
Events and training courses

Main features: Venn diagram of clean air and containment systems; (Courtesy of Envair Ltd); The history of the development of microbiological safety cabinets Part 3: The evolution of BS 5726: 1992; Professor Raymond P Clark; Containment systems Part 3: Isolators; Paul Gurney-Read; Cleanroom gloves or medical gloves?; Derek Watts; Integrated delivery protocol: The validation process rationalised; Tim Coles
Conference report: BSI 3rd Annual Cleanrooms Conference; Joe Ridge
Vital vocabulary: C is for...
Regulations and guidelines: Regulatory reflections: WHO: New GMP guidelines; Hans Schicht
News: Biotest, Esco, Schülke, Helapet, Shield Medicare, DOP Solutions
Events and training courses

Main features: The history of the development of microbiological safety cabinets Part 2: Standards and test methods; Professor Raymond P Clark; Containment systems Part 2: Selection, specification and procurement; Paul Gurney-Read; Containment Risk Index: A risk-based strategy for leak testing a suite of containment isolators and microbiological safety cabinet; Tim Coles and Sandra Handford Williams; Gloves as PPE: Standards for permeation and penetration; Derek Watts
Conference report: Report on PHSS aseptic processing training course – 2 March 2010; James Drinkwater
Vital vocabulary: B is for...
Standards updates: Revised HEPA filter standards; Wander ter Kuile; New CEN work item: Ventilation in hospitals
Regulations and guidelines: Regulatory reflections: WHO providing useful GMP guidance for more than 100 nations; Hans Schicht
Book review: Cleanroom Technology, 2nd Edition – William Whyte; Reviewed by Stewart Green
News: BSI, ESCO, Helapet, Shield
Events and training courses

Main features: The history of the development of microbiological safety cabinets Part 1: The 1970s and 1980s; Professor Raymond P Clark; Containment – An introduction; Paul Gurney-Read; Flow in sample tubing and particle loss; Tim Russell
Conference report: PHSS Isolators and RABS Conference; Tim Coles
Standards updates: 1. The standards process; 2. Standards for air cleanliness; Mike Foster; 3. Surface classification standards; Dick Gibbons; 4. Standards for microbiological contamination in cleanrooms; Tony Harrison; 5. New work proposal for cleanroom standards: Cell therapy processing environments: PAS 93
Vital vocabulary: A is for...
Industry news: Wearwell, Helapet, CAS
Regulations and guidelines: 1. Regulatory Reflections: PIC/S and ICH; Hans Schicht; 2. NHS Aseptic guidance documents
Events and training courses