The rigorous cleaning of manufacturing equipment via well-defined standard operating procedures (SOPs) is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s primary defenses against contamination and adulteration. Cleaning validation confirms the efficacy of such procedures but can present challenges, generating large numbers of samples for analysis and potentially keeping equipment offline for too long, compromising productivity. This article…

How remote visual inspection (RVI) can help pharma companies prevent contamination and maintain product-line purity requirements. Many pharmaceutical manufacturing plants are interlaced with webs of stainless steel process pipes and vessels through which products flow. Bacterial or foreign-particle contamination in pipes and production-line equipment can cause serious health issues for consumers and shake public confidence…