How you validate is just as important as how you clean
How you validate your cleaning regime is just as important as how you are cleaning, according to an article on the Cleanroom Technology website.
So how does a facility prove that their cleaning regime is reducing the risks from this constant ingress of contamination?
Current best practice is to employ two stage cleaning with a detergent and using two or more different disinfectants on a rotation.
Validating the regime consists of four steps:
* Sampling
* Identifying
* Testing
* Adjusting
June 27, 2019
Topic Area: Environmental Services
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