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Plant Inspection and Cleaning
News Release from: Smiths Detection | Subject: Ionscan-LS
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 May 2005
Simplifying pharmaceutical cleaning
validation
A method for detecting Chematic pharmaceutical cleaning agents uses the Ionscan-LS, to ensure that equipment is free from cleaning agent residuals to nanogram levels
Smiths Detection and Dober Group today 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
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 27 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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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 detergents cover the spectrum of acidic, alkaline and neutral-based cleaning agents for a diverse set of pharmaceutical manufacturing applications.
Dober formulated detergents provide manufacturers with effective cleaning while minimising cleaning time and water usage.
The analytical method developed by Smiths Detection focuses on one of the families of surfactants used in the Dober cleaning agents providing customers with quantitative data about the "last to leave" constituent, thereby demonstrating removal of the cleaning agent.
"Pharmaceutical companies have been cleaning successfully with Dober cleaning agents for years, but have been hampered by traditional, slow detection methods to provide the proof of that cleanliness," said Dan Dobrez, executive vice president, Dober Group.
"We are excited that an analytical method as simple and effective as Smiths Detection IMS can be used to detect our detergents.
The Ionscan-LS method for the detection of Chematic detergents will become invaluable to pharmaceutical companies trying to reduce their downtime associated with cleaning and cleaning validation, while safeguarding the quality of the products that they produce." "Pharmaceutical manufacturers perform extensive cleaning validation tests on equipment prior to initiating a new batch, so the financial implications are significant for companies that can streamline this process.
The Ionscan-LS can reduce downtime by more than 75 percent over conventional methods," said Dave Johnson, General Manager, Smiths Detection Scientific.
"We are pleased to be able to provide a state of the art method for Dober detergent detection that will provide pharmaceutical companies with such an important competitive advantage in terms of time and cost savings.".
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