Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validation Simplified

Smiths Detection and Dober Group released their method for detecting Chematic pharmaceutical cleaning agents with the Ionscan-LS. The analytical method will ensure pharmaceutical manufacturers that their equipment is free from cleaning agent residuals to nanogram levels with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The Ionscan-LS provides reliable test results in 45–90 seconds, at low cost per sample, and is versatile, rugged and requires minimal training. IMS, as a method, is seen worldwide in airports, border checkpoints and high profile facilities, to detect illicit drugs and explosives, demonstrating its high-speed, accurate capabilities under some of the most challenging environmental operating conditions. Dober Group's detergents cover the spectrum of acidic, alkaline and neutral-based cleaning agents for a diverse set of pharmaceutical manufacturing applications. The analytical method developed by Smiths Detection focuses on one of the families of surfactants used in Dober's cleaning agents providing customers with quantitative data about the „last to leave" constituent, thereby demonstrating removal of the cleaning agent.