Calculating Cleaning Agent Safety Based Limits
Q. Does Alconox provide information on calculating cleaning agent safety based limits?
A. Cleaning agent safety based limits are typically calculated from a safety factor of an acceptable daily intake (ADI), a (1/1000 or more) reduction of an LD50 preferably by the same route of administration, or reproductive hazard levels. Alconox, Inc Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validation References PDF has an entire section dedicated to cleaning agent safety based limits.
Advanced Cleaning Mechanisms: Detergency and Concentration
Intuition, logic, and maybe even some experiences, can lead us to believe more detergent is better. These everyday experiences where it might apply include your washing machine, dishwasher, or even your hands in the bathroom sink. But, what is actually meant by better? This is where concentration and detergency come into play, terms you may see in our literature and documentation, as well as our responses and solutions to cleaning challenges.
How does Solujet stack up to a leading CIP detergent?
Unlike A LEADING CIP CLEANER, Solujet has high wetting surfactants that enhance emulsifying, wetting, dispersing and rinsing. The surfactants allow faster, more efficient cleaning and easier rinsing.
Join Us at Interphex NYC 2019
Visit Alconox, Inc. at Interphex in NYC, April 2-4, 2019. Stop by Booth #2226 to receive our unique gifts, expert technical support for your critical cleaning applications, and detergent samples. Our critical cleaning detergents remove an array of soils while leaving no interfering residues in Pharmaceutical and Biotech applications.
Residue Detection: Swab Method
Q. Do you have a recommended swab detection method for residual detergent?
A. We most certainly do. It is suggested to use a swabbing area of 5 cm X 5 cm. Where extreme low level acceptance criteria on a low recovery residue, i.e. some product residues, it can help to….