Pharmaceutical Cleaning: Solujet for CIP Detergent
Solujet cleaner is the detergent to consider for your next new pharmaceutical cleaning project or when you want to take the opportunity to improve when you are revalidating your existing cleaning system.
Cleaning Diatomaceous Earth & MICA Residues
Q. Cleaning is difficult due to geometry of parts with hard to clean areas. Aluminum mandrels are used for dipping neoprene; mandrels are predipped in calcium carbonate/mica/diatomaceous earth and baked at 200F. Acid dissolves carbonate but doesn’t remove all DE/mica.
A. We suggest cleaning in warm 2% Citranox® (circa 120 deg F, 2.5 oz/gal or 20 mL/L) followed by a thorough rinse. Citranox® is a mild …
Addition of Acid Rinse to Wash Cycle
We have a glass wash machine and use Alcojet for it. We would like to know if you need to include a neutralizing agent like Citrajet as part of the wash cycle (acid rinse)? Alcojet® Low Foaming Powdered Detergent is what we would call free-rinsing, meaning it rinses completely away with water without rinse aids.
Similar detergent to Liqui-Jet 2?
Q: We’re looking for a detergent solution like Liqui-Jet™2 Instrument Detergent by Steris. We need it to clean the drain in our microbiology autoclave, so it should be able to target any media or agar that may be clogging the drain.…
Cleaning Space Environment Simulation Chambers
Q. We are currently using Alconox® for cleaning of space environment simulation chambers. What do you recommend for a process to clean steel piping contaminated with DC-704 and Fryquel 550 and turbomolecular vacuum pump backing piping at JSC/NAS?
A. Alconox® detergent is the right choice, but vacuum pump grease is a very heavy difficult to remove residue. We recommend using very hot (170 deg F if possible) 2% Alconox® (20 g/L) followed by a very hot first rinse…