Notes on validation

Read before you go for an interview_QA

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General things for Qualification and Validation

Remember: A change control is mandatory when equipment or any other new thinghappens at site.


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For IQ


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HVAC System

1. Supply line is always installed below Return line

2. Control valves are always installed in Return line

3. Strainer is always in supply line

4. Temp. / RH transmitter is always in Return duct.

Test aerosol source substances:

poly-alpha olefin (PAO) oil dioctyl sebacate (DOS) di-2-ethyl hexyl sebacate (DEHS); dioctyl (2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DOP3)) paraffin oil polystyrene latex

Relationship b/w Temperature and RH:

If temp increases = RH Increases.

How??: High temp air will have more water holding capacity.

How AHU reacts??: Temp incr – Hot water valve closes – temp decr.

As high temp air passes thru chilled water coil, then air will take up moisture and RHwill incr.

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Physical verification:

Magnehelic gauges HEPA filters Number/ Quality/Sr.

No. (cross check with Document)/Size (cross check with GAdrawing)

Fine filters Number/ Quality/Sr.No. (cross check with Document)/Size (cross check with GAdrawing)

Pre filters Number/ Quality/Sr.No. (cross check with Document)/Size (cross check with GAdrawing)

Chilled water line Valves i.e. Butterfly / Ball type Temp / RH sensors Fire damper Manual Volume dampers All the Supply and Return ducts

numbers

Smoke detectors Hot water line Chilled water / Hot water lines

valves Control valves Testing port Tagging Limit switch Blower Strainer in supply line Perforated plate as a safety

parameter Insulation for water piping and

ducts Manual valves

Documentation:


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Drawings / Diagrams:

GA Drawing AHU zoning diagram Pressure Zoning diagram Heat load sheet Air flow diagram


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OQ of HVAC

❶ Functional challenge of the components and pieces of equipment:

Check all the pieces of equipment / AHU are working or not, especially for Safetyaspects and Alarm verification.

E.g. limit switch: AHU fan should be turned off automatically when the door (forAHU blower) is open. Temp /RH alarm: When RH/ Temp goes in Alert and Actionlimits then alarm should be generated in BMS.

❷ Room balancing.

❸ Testing temperature and %RH monitoring and control systems

Verification that the values of the actual temperature/ %RH in the rooms are:

■ correctly measured.

■ correctly sent to and received by the control system (BMS).

■ correctly interpreted by the control system (i.e. control system sent back theappropriate control signal to AHU, humidifiers and heaters.)

One person is checking temp/ RH in the room and second person is checking inBMS. Both the values should be cross checked and matched.

Challenge test like increase or decrease in Temp. /RH should also be done and boththe sensor and system should show these changes. Person verifying system shouldcheck the alarm generated during challenge test.

❹ Temperature and %RH mapping.

For every room. E.g. Sensors are kept at different places in one room like in themiddle/ center/ @ 3 ft height/ @ 8 ft height. Values should be within limits for all thesensors present in the room.

❺ Testing differential pressure monitoring system.

■ correctly measured.

■ correctly sent to and received by the control system (BMS).

■ correctly interpreted by the control system

❻ Testing air quality.

NVPC and VPC tests are conducted to check air quality.


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PQ of HVAC

PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION TEST:

Temperature and % Relative humidity (RH) monitoring

By digital hygrometer

Freq.: every 4 hours for 3 days

Differential pressure Measurments

By magnehgelic guage

Freq.: every 4 hours for 3 days

Air Velocity and Air Change calculation

For Plenum HEPA (by using Fan type Anemometer): Instrument should be

kept 6 inches away from the HEPA. Locations: 5 (4 corner+center)

For Terminal HEPA (by using Hot wire type Anemometer).

5 locations per filter

Formula for Calculation:-

Air quantity (CFM) = Average air velocity (FPM) * Area of grill/ diffuser / terminal HEPA filter (sq. ft.)

Total air quantity (CFM) = Sum of the air quantity of all grills /diffusers / terminal HEPA filters

ACPH= [Total air quantity (CFM) X60]/ Room Volume (cu. ft.)


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Filter Integrity Test

By using PAO: Poly Alpha Olephin (conc.: 10-100 mg/m3)

Conc < 20: Reduce the sensitivity for leak detection

Conc. > 80: Give rise to excessive filter fouling over an extended test period

Equipment: Aerosol Photometer + Aerosol generator + Scanning probe

Leakage must not be greater than 0.01% of the upstream concentration

Photometer will scan the surface of HEPA at the rate of NMT 10 feet/min or

NMT 5 cm/s.

Scanning probe should be keep 2 inches away from the HEPA surface.

Scan the HEPA surface + filter casing + joints.

Air Flow Pattern test (Smoke Test)

By using videography

Smoke is made up of Glycerin + water. This solution when heated

generates Fog or Smoke.

Non-Viable particle counting test (NVPC) (Air cleanliness test)

By using Optical Particle Counter

Volume of sample (for ISO5 - at rest and operation): 1 m3 equivalent to35.31 ft3.

Volume of sample (for ISO7 at operation & other grades at bothconditions): 1 ft3

Number of sampling point locations by using the equation: NL = √A√A is the area of the room in square meter (m2)NL is the minimum number of sampling locationsProbe shall be positioned at ~ 1-3 m height/working height from thefloor.Preferably sampling locations should be preferred under HEPA as well aswhere air flow is not reaching.Delay time b/w 2 continuous readings must be 5 seconds.

1 cu.meter = 35.31 cu.ft (1 m3 = 35.31 ft3)


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Microbiological Monitoring (Passive Air Sampling/Settle plate count (SPC)

method)

Done by settle plate (passive air sampling)

Plates are made up of SCDA: Soya-bean Casein Digest Agar for both

sampling techs.

Settle plate (passive air sampling) Settle plate count (SPC) method:

Expose the plates near the return air risers, filling locations on the SS stands

and other locations on the floor.

Raise lids to expose the surface of the medium and rest the lid on the very

edge of the plate so that the entire agar surface is completely exposed.

Precaution: Take care not to put fingers on plates. Avoid passing anything

over the top of plates being exposed, where possible.


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Time: Expose the plates for NLT 2 hrs for Class D & NLT 1 hrs in CNC areas

for three days.

Incubation conditions:

For Soybean casein digest agar: 20-25°C for 72 hrs (for Fungi) followed by

30-35°C for 48 hrs (for Bacteria).

Air sampler (active air sampling) VAS (Volumetric Air Sampling):

Use sterilized/Sanitized sieve.

Perform the air sampling at predetermined locations as per define location in

Grade D areas for three days.

Sample 1000 liters (1 m3) of air at each location.

Incubation conditions:

For Soybean casein digest agar: 20-25°C for 72 hrs followed by 30-35°C for

48hrs.

Acceptance Criteria

Cleanliness ClassAllowable counts

Passive Air Sampling (CFU / plate)

RLAF (Installed in Class 8) NMT 50 CFU/ 2 hours of exposure

ISO Class 8(Grade D) NMT 100 CFU/ 1 hours of exposure

Cleanliness Class Allowable counts

Active Air Sampling (CFU)/ m3

RLAF (Installed in Class 8) NMT 100 CFU / plate

ISO Class 8(Grade D) NMT 500 CFU / plate

Recovery Test (For Classified Area):

For Temperature/ RH and for NVPC


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For NVPC:

Location: @ Centre of the room

• Take initial base line particle count which should meet the static conditionon viable air borne Particle count monitoring limits. Note down the time (T1).• Set the particle counter with 1 minute sample time.• Increase the particles by switching off the AHU and increasing manmovement / PAO.• Increase the particles 10 times greater than initial base line particles of 0.5micron particle sizes.• Note down the time (T2) when the particles reach to 10 times and switch

off the generator.

• Let the particles to attain the cleanliness class limit & note the time (T3).

Result: T3-T2 = Recovery time

Containment leak test

This test is performed to determine if there is intrusion of unfiltered air into the

clean room from outside the clean room through joints, seams, doorways and

pressurized ceilings.

Procedures for containment leak testDiscrete-particle counter (DPC) method

Measure the particle concentration outside the cleanroom enclosureimmediately adjacent to the surface or doorway to be evaluated. This concentration should be greater than the cleanroom concentration by afactor of 103, and equal to at least 3.5 × 106 particles/m3 at the particle size tobe measured. If the concentration is less, generate an aerosol to increase theconcentration. To check for leakage through construction joints, cracks or service conduits,scan inside the enclosure at a distance of NMT 5 cm from the joint, seal ormating surfaces to be tested at a scan rate of approximately 5 cm/s (10 ft/min). To check for intrusion at open doorways, flow visualization methods arerecommended. Record and report all readings greater than 10−2 times the measured externalaerosol particle concentration at the appropriate particle size.

Photometer methodSame method but,A reading on the photometer 0.1 % setting in excess of 0.01 % indicates a leak.


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Compressed Air SystemComponents:CA Gen System: Oil free air compressor unit. This eliminates hydrocarbon content in the

compressed air and eliminates or reduces the need for coalescing typefilters.

Air receiver. (Wet Receiver) In order to avoid contamination, acts as areservoir when CA demand is high, Pressure stabilization, pulsationreduction.

A dryer (Air dryer unit). Serves to remove as much water as possible,decreasing the dew point.

Copper piping network / Fitting/ valves. This network is oil free and hasbeen cleaned with alcohol. (Note that the use of galvanized piping,which is porous, is avoided. Such pipe materials will retain moisture.)

CA Distribution System: 0.5 µ filters (Cartridge filters) at each potential product-air contact point of

use. Pressure Gauge to check filter leakage Piping and fittings and valves (Manual)

CA is used: When air cleaning or dry cleaning is required For any instrument which has movementable parts

IQ of CASImportant is to check Quick disconnects to create a sampling point at each POU ormonitoring point.Other things are similar as per image shown in Classical IQ testing.


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OQ of CAS Functional qualification at component and systems- levels:

Functional qualification at component level: Verification that mechanical moving parts move freely. Verification that all necessary adjustments can be performed. Verification that normal operating adjustments are not at the minimum or

the maximum of the range. Low and high alarm testing. On/off sequences testing. Simulation of a power supply shut down and recovery.Functional qualification at system level:The CAS delivers the required cubic feet per minute (cfm) at the specifiedworking pressure, and is capable of achieving and maintaining the specifieddew point.

Air quality testing.Samples after dryer and @ each POU.VPC:


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Remember: Take blind sample before and after compressed air sample to ensure that there is nocontaminated air in the area.


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NVPC:


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Hydrocarbon content: ≤ 0.5 mg/m3 or < 1 ppm

User Points Pressure Check TestThe pressure should be NLT 6.0 bar.

With a portable manometer, check the pressure @ each valve.

User Points Dew Point Check TestShould NLT -40oC, check with portable dew point meter.

Oil and Moisture content testOil content should be within 0.1-0.5 mg/m3, preferably, 0.1 mg/m3

PQ of CAS1st phase: VPC/ NVPC/ hydrocarbon content tests should be done after at least 1 week

after OQ completion. Sampling locations and tests reamins same as in OQ.

2nd phase: Less intensive but > routine.NVPC and VPC tests are done for 3 months.


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Purified Water System

Backwash: Backwash is used where filters or membranes are used.When water is filtered thru such filter or membranes then particleswill retain on the surface of filter or membranes. To remove these

particles water is flushed in reverse manner (unlike regualr) toremove these particles.

Phases of Water System ValidationPhase 1

For 2-4 weeks Operational parameters/ Cleaning-Sanitization method developement Dialy sampling from after each step / skid, @ each POU Water cannot be used for production

Phase 2 For 2-4 weeks Shows consistency in water quality as per SOP Same sampling method Water can be used for production

Phase 3 1 year Water quality checked over a long period of time Weekly samples of all POU Show that seasonal variations doesn‘t affect water quality i.e. system is

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PWGSPre-treatment

Raw water Raw water from municipality. Check whether raw water is chlorinatedor not. If chlorinated sample it and verify its limits.

If not then Chloriantion is required.

Raw water chlorination by Sodium Hypochlorite.ppm content of free chlorine should be within limits.NMT 5 ppm of free chlorine should be present in water as it could foul ordamage the MGF.

Raw water coagulant dosing system by PolyAluminium Chloride. Whichcoagulates impurities like suspended particles and iron impurities in water-formscoagulates which are easy to remove.

Static mixers are provided here to mix dosing chemicals.

Raw water storage / recirculation / chlorination in UG tank RW iscontinuously recirculated to aviod stagnant water which could be the cause ofMicrobes growth.In addition, sod. Hypochlorite dosing is also done and 4-5 ppm (mg/L) freechlorine is maintained.

MGF Multi Grade Filter or Sand Filter All suspended particles of > 50 µ sizedare removed here. Resulting water has turbidity of < 1 NTU (NephelometricTurbidity Unit).Auto backwash @ every 20 hrs or diff pressure exceeds 1.5 bar.

UF Ultra Filtration Main purpose of UF is to remove SDI (Slit Density Index)causing particles. Hence resulting water will have SDI < 3 which incr. theefficiency of RO.Water is passed thru 40 µ bag type filter and then thru membrane filter(Polysulphone material).UF is required to save RO membranes. Replacing UF, 0.45 µ filter can be used.But UF is more safe. Generally, SDI<5 is accptable but don’t take a risk and get< 3 SDI water.By SDI, we can measure fouling potential of particles. How much amt of flow(SDI gives % drops per time in flow rate) is reduced while filtering thru filters.


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DS Duplex softner. 2 softners from which 1 acts as a working while 2nd as asafety (when first is not working or can‘t be used). Safety softner is regenratedafter 3 reg cycles of working softner.Main purpose is to remove hardness by removing Mag and Cal ions which isreplaced by Na ion.Principle: Ion exchange resin.Regenerated with NaCl (Brine soln.).

SMBS dosing b4 utility softener Sod. Metabisulphite dosing system. SMBS isreducing agent which removes chlorine traces from water. ORP should be < 400mV.

Utility softner Same as DS.

HPS-1 for utility To supply water in utility area.

ACF Activated Carbon Filter. After UF, it is ACF.Principle: Absorption of Chlorine, impurities, color, odor, halogens from thewater.Backwash @ every 20 hrs for 15-20 mins.

Chloriantion by Sod hypochlorite. Water after ACF is stored in a storage tankso to remove contaminants, water is chlorinated. After chlorination, water ispassed thru 5 µ cartridge filter to remove suspended particles.

HPS-2 for water supply to supply water for further processing.

CIP for UF when there is UF membrane choking and fouling CIP is required.Components CIP tank, CIP pump, 10 µ cartridge filter, valves.Chemicals used for CIP: Acidic: Citric acid or Basic: NaOH

20 water treatment

Dosing systems:pH correction by NaOHCO2 in water is converted to ionic form by NaOH and removed by RO.

SMBS removes chlorine traces left after softner. SMBS is a reducing agent.After SMBS, water will have ORP of < 400 mV.

Antiscalant It avoid scaling of RO by silica.


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RO Rverse Osmosis

RO will remove > 95% solids. RO water will have conductivity of <20µS/cm @250C.

Cartridge filter: 5 µ filter


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EDI Electro De-Ionization

Cathode will attract all the + ions and sendthese ions to concentrate chamber.

Anode will attract all the - ions and sendthese ions to concentrate chamber.

Ions other than H+ and OH- will be removed from conc. wastechamber. Water will be filtered and pass thru Ion ExchangeResin bed followed by product water line.


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PWDS

List of parameters checked by QA person at the time of ValidatingPurified Water Distribution System:

1. Slope Verification >10 mm2. Velocity > 1.5 m/s3. Passivation NH3

4. Orbital Welding5. Boroscopy 10%/100 %

6. Ra (Average Roughness) 0.8-0.4 µm7. Pneumatic test & Hydraulic test

8. Reynolds Number (Re): >40009. Dead legs <1.5 times

1. Slope verification:

The ratio of the slope to the length of pipe should not be more than 1:100.That means every 1 meter of pipe should have > 10 mm slope.Pipe slopes are maintained such that water from the system is drainable to a lowpoint drain (by gravitational force).

2. Velocity:

Velocity of water should not be less than 1.5 m/s.

3. Passivation:

After welding i.e. orbital welding; HNO3 (Nitric acid) is used to passivate the pipingto remove excess carbon or any other impurities generated during welding.After HNO3 flush, pH of water will decreased up to 3.5. Hence to maintain pH 7, PW(Process water) is flushed till get 7 pH.

4. Orbital Welding:

Orbital Welding is Automatic Tungsten inert gas welding. It eliminates the chancesof manual errors. Provide accuracy in welding.Principle: The Orbital Welding Process uses the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding process(GTAW) as the source of the electric arc that melts the base material and forms thefusion weld b/w two open mouths of pipe. The metal to be welded is melted by theintense heat of the arc and fuses together.


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Reasons: The ability to make high quality, consistent welds repeatedly at a speedclose to the maximum weld speed offer many benefits to the user.Where it should be used? : Where a tube or pipe to be welded cannot be rotated orwhere rotation of the part is not practical.

5. Boroscopy:

Boroscopy is used to capture the photographs of those areas inside the piping wherea human eye cannot see.Boroscope / Videoscope is an instrument which is used for the inspection of pipinginternal surface and weld joints.Normal Practice is to do 10% of Boroscopy / Videoscopy of the total welding jointsand 100% in critical application.

6. Ra (Average Roughness) of piping should be b/w 0.8 µm to 0.4 µm.

How it is measured? : Measured by an instrument in which a stylus travel across thesurface, the movement of stylus is amplified and the signal recorded.

7. Pneumatic test: To ascertain that system doesn’t have any leakage. This test is used tomeasure air leakages.

Hydraulic test: To ascertain that system doesn’t have any water leakage. It should beperformed at pressures of at least 2 times the anticipated maximum operating pressure or150 psig which is equivalent to 10.55 kg/cm2 (1 psi = 0.070 kg/cm2), whichever is more.Normally water passes through the line have ~ 6 kg/cm2 pressure.


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8. Reynolds Number (Re):

The Reynolds number measures the turbulence of water flowing in the distributionpipelines.If the Reynolds number is >4000 = turbulent flow.If the Reynolds number is <2000 = laminar flow, which may lead to biofilmdevelopment.B/w 2000 and 4000 flow could be either laminar or turbulent.

V: Free-stream fluid velocity

D: pipe diameter

ρ (ro): Fluid density

µ (myu): Fluid viscosity (dynamic),


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9. Dead legs:WHO: it should not be > 1.5 times the diameter of pipe.USFDA: 6d rule (not >6 times)

Case study:

Question:If a PW system is in validated state (IQ/OQ completed, PQ1 and PQ2 completed,system released for production and PQ3 is ongoing), and a new user point will beadded to a loop, how do we proceed with the validation?User point addition includes cutting a spool piece and welding with the new userpoint. For sure, the water quality will be followed by PQ and daily samples will betaken from the user point for physical and microbiological values.Do we have to clean and passivate the whole loop or can we just clean and passivatethe additional piping before welding?What other tests need to be repeated from IQ and OQ?

Answer:You need to raise a change control.It must be accepted and acknowledged by QA as well as Eng teams.Then they will look into the changes in the Design and risks associated with design(Risk assessment should be done).You need to know how water is flowing thru this sampling point.You need to give all material specifications including the Boroscopy and weldingtests.After installation you should passivate this piece of equipment. Practically it isbetter to passivate whole loop rather than this piece alone. It does take some painand time; nevertheless the results will be uniform.Since a new point is added -the challenge remains how do you do an enhancedtesting at this point to match the earlier criterion that you have set?All the material specifications, material testing certificates and specificationsassociated with sampling valves are to be attached similar to your IQ and OQ.Please make sure this attachment would not disturb the Reynolds number and orturbulence in your system at that point and create a dead leg.


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Limits of Water:

Type of water Upper Bacterial limit(CFU/ml ) Upper Endotoxin Limit(EU/ml)PW 100 0.25WFI 0.1 0.25

TOC: < 500 ppbConductivity: <1.3 µS/cm@ 250C as per USP / <5.1 as per IndiapH: 5-7Velocity: >1.5 m/sDead legs: NMT 1.5 X pipe diam.


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Sanitization:

Hot water sanitization:

Components captured via hot water sanitisation is RO/EDI/HP Pump


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Sanitization of UF:

Sanitization of RO:

Acid cleaning by Citric acid / Nitric Acid to remove inorg. foulants followed byAlkaline cleaning by NaOH to remove org foulants.

Then system is sanitized by Formaldehyde / H2O2 or Peracetic acid+H2O2.

Rinse with PW b4 changing the chemicals.


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Actual qualification of PW system

IQ

Refer Classical IQ testing image.

Physical verification:

Overall cleanliness Epoxy floor Slope verification Instrument calibration Pressure testing: Pneumatic test and Hydro test Tagging of components Calibration tags

Rupture disk is imp as a safety point of view.Pressure realeasing valve is also imp.

Dead legs Dedicated computer (If required) system. Verify that system is attached with the printer. Boroscopy Physical verification of all components as per drawing and protocol.

Documentation:

Welding report includes time and date of welding Welder’s PQ report OEM SOPs Manuals Spare part lists Spare parts manual Welding procedures MOC certicates Calibration certificates


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OQ

Sanitization cycle test System maintains temperature of water @ 850C for 30 mins.

During Sanitization, UV lights should be shut off so as to preventdeterioration of UV lamps.Ideally, UV lights should be shut offautomatically whentemp reaches @ 500C. So check theseparameter also.

Chemical test Conductivity pH TDS +TSS = TS Chlorine Sulphate Ammonia Calcium Co2

Heavy metals Oxidizable substance

Microbial tests @ each POU

Check that pressure relesing valves are working properly. Check that the values added in the control system are matching with the

actual value. Manualy check (by calibrated instrument) water for different parameters

and verify it against installed instruments. Check that system has history/ trend report and print can be taken from

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A dedicated computer should be given. Password protection of system. Documentation Training Verification of Eng. Personnel

PQ

1st phase

Chemical and Micro test for 9 days Each POU is tested 1 time b4 Sanitization and 2 times after sanitization. Sanitization b/w day 3rd and 4th. Recalibration of all the instruments to get assurance.

2nd phase

Less intensive but more than routine. For 3 months

After 2nd phase, routine monitoring starts. It involves sampling and testing criticalPOU weekly.


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LUX Level measurement

By instrument called LUX meter

Location for checking the LUX should be minimum of 5 locations per room

Measure the LUX @ 1 meter height from the floor. (Range: 1-3 m)

Average reading of all the LUX readings per room will be the LUX level of the room

Acceptance criteria:

Minimum requirement is 500 LUX.

# Area LUX1 Production 4002 Sampling and Dispensing 300

Frequency: Once in a year


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Cleaning Validation


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Notes on validation

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