Antimicrobial Properties of Citranox?
Q. Does Citranox have any antimicrobial properties associated with its use as a cleaner, and if so does Alconox have any technical literature on this topic?
A. Citranox is not designed to be antimicrobial. Click for the Citranox MSDS.
Alconox Cleaning Validation Literature
Q. Does Alconox offer literature on cleaning validation?
A. Alconox, Inc, Critical Cleaning Experts, provide a variety of cleaning validation information, which includes validation literature. Click to access the download info.
Active Enzyme in Tergazyme
Q. How long will the enzyme in a 1% solution of Tergazyme remain active?
A. A 1% Tergazyme solution is designed to give good reliable cleaning performance for 8 hours at 120 deg F. This is designed to correspond to an 8 hour work shift.
Cleaning Labware – Narrow Neck Flasks
Q. What is the proper way to clean narrow neck flasks?
A. Narrow neck flasks are best cleaned in labware washers with special attachments that have a spray nozzle that goes up inside the flask. It is very hard to successfully clean narrow neck flasks in a simple home dishwasher or a lab washer that does not have special narrow neck flask racks.
Setting Residue Acceptance Criteria
Q. Do you have to set residue acceptance criteria for cleaners?
A. Yes. For pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing it is required that there be set residue acceptance levels for potential residues such as the active drug, excipients, degradation products, cleaning agents, bioburden and endotoxins.