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February 10th and 11th….Come join Michael Moussourakis, Senior Director, Alconox, LLC and several other industry experts at the PharmaEd Resources Inc. Cleaning Validation Virtual Summit, 2021.

Q: An industry colleague mentioned to that Liquinox can be used for replacing mold release for demolding purposes.  Can we do that?

A: Liquinox® Critical Cleaning Liquid Detergent has been used for many decades for its lubrication properties.  Not just its powerful emulsifying and general cleaning characteristics.  Anyone who has worked with it is well aware of its lubricity…..

Alconox, LLC cleaners that are used to clean pharmaceutical, biotech, medical, food and other regulated industries product contact surfaces, in good manufacturing practice (GMP) validated environments, need certificates of analysis obtained and kept on file. These certificates of analysis (COA) can document the analysis of a specific lot of detergent and verify that it conforms to the manufacturer’s specifications.  Confirming that the detergent has not changed.

The critical micelle concentration is the minimum concentration at which the emulsifiers in a detergent will coalesce in to membrane structures of globes, rods or sheets with their hydrophobic (water hating) ends on the inside of the membrane and their hydrophilic (water loving) ends on the outside such that hydrophobic oily residues can be emulsified inside these membrane structures.  Micelles are further elaborated on below.  If you are below the critical micelle concentration, you do not have effective emulsifying of oily residues.

There are millions of homes, schools, day care centers and other buildings containing lead-based paint and other sources of lead-contaminated dust (LCD). Ledizolv® Lead Specific Detergent is scientifically formulated for use in the clean-up and control of LCD hazards. From Alconox, LLC, the critical cleaning experts….