CleanRooms articles from June 2008

CleanRooms archives from June 2008

It's showtime, folks!(from the editor)
June 1, 2008... I'm thrilled to formally announce the return of the CleanRooms USA Conference & Exhibition After a two-year hiatus, CleanRooms USA will return to Boston, MA on May 12-13, 2009 at the Hynes Convention Center. The contamination control industry's...

The sun shines on semi tool makers.(news)
June 1, 2008... Semiconductor tool makers might switch some U.S. production to equipment that manufactures photovoltaics, which convert sunlight into electricity. However, this production change may not happen soon due to various issues, say analysts. ...

FDA clears new latex-free glove.(news)
June 1, 2008... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the Yulex[R] patient examination glove, which is made from a form of natural rubber latex derived from the guayule bush. Guayule rubber does not contain proteins associated...

Disinfectants and diagnostics expected to push food safety market above $3B by 2012.(news)
June 1, 2008... According to The Freedonia Group's recently released "Food Safety Products" report, U.S. demand for food safety products will increase 6.5 percent per year to $3.2 billion in 2012. Rising concerns prompted by several well-publicized food-borne...

Glovebox market to reach $126.8M by 2015.(news)
June 1, 2008... According to market research firm Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA--San Jose, CA), the glovebox segment is projected to reach $126.8 million by 2015. Gloveboxes are sealed enclosures in which processes are conducted through the use of long,...

Ricor acquires InnerSense to expand semiconductor business.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... Ricor Cryogenic & Vacuum Systems announces the acquisition of InnerSense Ltd. Ricor thus expands its activities from cryogenic equipment and purging solutions to diagnostic systems. InnerSense has developed the "Smart Wafer" technology that...

VWR reels in lab supply distributor.(PARTICLES)(VWR International, LLC acquiring Jencons (Scientific) Limited)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... VWR International, LLC has acquired Jencons (Scientific) Limited, a UK scientific laboratory supply distributor. Jencons is one of the UK's largest suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables, with 110 employees. Based in the UK, the...

PURE Bioscience partners with Rockline industries.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... PURE Bioscience has entered into a partnership with privately held Rockline Industries, Inc. for North American distribution of PURE's ready-to-use "Powered by SDC" disinfectant product and for the development of wipes, disinfectant, sanitizer,...

DuPont to acquire Cardinal's industrial apparel business.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... DuPont announces its intent to purchase the industrial apparel line of Cardinal Health's Scientific and Production Products business, which manufactures and markets a variety of products used in cleanrooms and other controlled environments. The...

FDA clears Thermo Fisher's MRSA test medium.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for SpectraTM MRSA, a test designed to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). With the highest positive predictive value...

U.S. secretary of Health and Honduran ministers meet on food safety.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working jointly with its counterparts in the Honduran government and the Honduran grower and packer Agropecuaria Montelibano to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Litchfield illness...

Matter that tainted heparin identified.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... FDA states that the chemical that tainted the recently recalled heparin products was a "souped-up" version of a compound commonly used to treat arthritic joints. The chemical--over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate--is not approved for use in...

FDA orders emergency permit for pet food maker.(PARTICLES)
June 1, 2008... FDA has issued an order requiring Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co., Inc., Wheeling, IL, to obtain an emergency permit from FDA before its canned pet food products enter interstate commerce. A recent inspection revealed significant deviations from...

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP): summer 2008 meeting and exhibition.(show preview)(Calendar)
June 1, 2008... ASHP SEATTLE, WA JUNE 8-11, 2008 WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER EXHIBIT HOURS Monday, June 9: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 10: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 11: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ASHP is...

Compounding sterile preparations: onus or opportunity? Compounding pharmacies, equipment suppliers, and educators are all working to prove that USP <797> compliance is an attainable goal.(special report)
June 1, 2008... Early in her career, Mary Monk-Tutor, PhD, spent many years as a home infusion pharmacist and for 12 years was a Joint Commission Home Care Surveyor. She remembers the time when home care patients were trained to mix total parenteral nutrition...

Disinfection begins with proper selection: deciding what type of disinfectant will provide the greatest efficacy for your application requires a back-to-basics approach.(antimicrobial strategies/disinfection)
June 1, 2008... It might not be too dramatic to state that bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores represent a unique, insidious, and dangerous class of contaminants: unique in that under the right conditions the contaminant population can multiply over time;...

EU GMP Annex 1 clears the air for sterile manufacturing: revisions to EU GMP Annex 1 clearly outline appropriate air cleanliness measures to be taken.(monitoring for sterile manufacturing)
June 1, 2008... The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidance for sterile manufacture was revised in 2003 to accommodate changes from various cleanroom standards to create a single unified cleanroom standard, ISO 14644-1. The introduction to ISO 14644-1...

Personal protective gear.(product spotlight)
June 1, 2008... We often focus on the importance of keeping products contamination-free, but protecting workers from the risk of contamination by products and keeping them safe while performing tasks is an equally important goal in the cleanroom. This month,...

Process analyzer.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Waters Corp. has unveiled its new PATROL[TM] UPLC[TM] process analyzer, a real-time liquid chromatography online process analytical technology system. The analyzer is able to detect and quantify complex multiple component manufacturing samples...

Mobile particle counter.(new products)
June 1, 2008... With its comprehensive software and large, easy-to-use touch-screen, the Lasair III particle counter establishes a new level of functionality in portable particle counters. The large, 8.4-in., liquid-crystal display (LCD) infrared touch-screen...

High-purity semiconductor materials.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Los Angeles-based American Elements announces expanded production capacity for certain high purity semiconductor materials. Materials include zinc telluride, bismuth telluride, cadmium telluride, and several other telluride and selenide...

Gas analyzer vacuum oven.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Cascade TEK has paired its industrial flagship vacuum oven, the SVO-9, with a residual gas analyzer to create the SVO-9 RGA. By incorporating a residual gas analyzer into a production vacuum drying oven, it is possible to determine exactly when...

Work surface system.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Eagle MHC announces the introduction of its new AdjusTable[R] work surface systems. The systems' "clean" design incorporates stainless-steel components in addition to unidirectional airflow and ESD control, making them well suited for the...

Sealing films.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Excel Scientific introduces its new ThermaSeal A[TM] sealing film. These films are an advanced version of classic ThermalSeal polypropylene films. ThermalSeal A films incorporate a stronger and thicker adhesive layer for more secure sealing of...

Class 100 cleanroom oven.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Grieve announces the No. 949, a 500[degrees]F, electrically heated Class 100 cleanroom oven used for heating glass vials at customer facilities. Workspace dimensions measure 36x36x51 inches. A 1,500 cfm, 2HP recirculating blower provides...

Liquid-proof PC accessories.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Studies like those at the University of North Carolina, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and others have repeatedly shown that computer keyboards and mice may be contaminated with MRSA, influenza, and other viruses and bacteria that...

Humidity and temperature transmitter.(new products)
June 1, 2008... The HTZ Smart HART[R] humidity and temperature transmitter from Moore Industries simultaneously measures temperature and humidity in processes that require extremely close monitoring of humidity, temperature, and dew point, which include...

Turbopumps.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces HiPace[TM], a new line of fast, compact, and powerful turbopumps. Available in pumping speeds that range from 10 to 700 L/second, the pump features a new rotor design that reduces run-up time and provides high gas...

Sanitary RTDs.(new products)
June 1, 2008... REOTEMP's CIP (clean-in-place) sanitary RTDs are designed for temperature sensing in food, beverage, dairy, biotech, and pharmaceutical applications. Sanitary RTDs are used where material contamination, accuracy, and integration to a control...

Garb and parts dispensers.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Terra Universal, designer and manufacturer of modular cleanrooms, also supplies innovative solutions for keeping cleanrooms organized and tidy with a whole host of garb and parts dispensers. These dispensers save space and organize gloves,...

Hazardous location industrial vacuums.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Nilfisk CFM's new line of explosion-proof vacuums strive to protect manufacturers' most valuable assets--their employees. The line is composed of two electric models, the CFM 118 EXP and 118 EXPW, and two intrinsically safe pneumatic models,...

Weldable, heat sealable tubing.(new products)
June 1, 2008... AdvantaPure introduces AdvantaFlex[TM], a new tubing designed specifically for high-purity fluid transfer. The tubing is manufactured from a biopharmaceutical-grade TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) for the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical, and...

Stainless-steel containment systems.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Dunreidy Engineering Ltd.'s new HYCON product range of stainless-steel cable containment systems is used in industrial applications for the installation of electrical, instrumental, and pneumatic services. The products are divided into two...

Sanitary pressure gauge.(new products)
June 1, 2008... The Series SG3A sanitary pressure gauge is made to 3A sanitary standards and offers several size and pressure range options for many sanitary applications, such as in the dairy, food processing, and pharmaceutical industries. The gauge is...

Benchtop heating device.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Eraser's benchtop Glo-Ring[R] is ideal for many applications including heat shrinking, plastic tube bending, soldering, adhesive curing, solder preforms, and butt welding. The Glo-Ring incorporates quartz encapsulated heating elements that open...

Infrared analysis device.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduce the IRAffinity-1 Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer with high-throughput optics and a dynamic alignment mechanism to increase sensitivity, stability, and usability. The device is used...

Cleanable filters.(new products)
June 1, 2008... A new series of in-line filters from Industrial Specialties Manufacturing allows filters to be quickly and easily inspected and cleaned without disturbing the tubing connections. By loosening the threaded collar on the filter housing, the...

Low-profile air curtains.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Marley Engineered Products has launched the new Leading Edge[R] Contemporary and Architectural series of low-profile air curtains. Useful for commercial applications, the air curtains create an open door atmosphere, repelling outside air while...

Ozone sensor.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Mettler-Toledo Thornton announces its new dissolved ozone sensors for optimal and reliable monitoring of pharmaceutical water sanitization. The sensors connect to the company's new M300 transmitter, which also measures conductivity/resistivity,...

Mixing process services.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Millipore Corp. introduces a new service designed as a flexible toolbox to help customers find the most efficient solution for their specific mixing applications. The PreValidation[SM] service package combines the experience of the company's...

Surface preparation system.(new products)
June 1, 2008... PVA TePla introduces the PlasmaPen[TM] atmospheric plasma system. The system activates surfaces in order to increase the surface tension of the material, enhancing the adhesion of glues, inks, and paints during subsequent surface cleaning. The...

Stent coating system.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Sono-Tek Corp. introduces the MediCoat II standalone stent coating system for coating arterial stents with polymers containing anti-restinosis drugs. The system offers expanded features and higher volume production capabilities than previous...

Remote particle counter.(new products)
June 1, 2008... Hach Ultra's new MET ONE 6000 Series remote airborne particle counters offer accurate and reliable continuous particle monitoring. With a sensitivity range of 0.2 to 5.0 [mu]m at 0.1 cfm flow rate and 0.5 to 10 [mu]m at 1.0 cfm flow rate, the...

Ergonomic pipettors.(new products)
June 1, 2008... The design of the new Ergopet[R] pipettors allows adjustments for maximum comfort as well as minimal arm strain and fatigue when working inside a hood or on the bench. Models are available in a range of sizes and allow users to support the arm...

Aseptic filling suite.(new products)
June 1, 2008... A turnkey Clinical Trial Filling Suite[TM] system from Watson-Marlow Flexicon features a self-contained restricted access barrier system (RABS) that simplifies automated aseptic filling of clinical trial injectables. The totally enclosed Class...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2008... JULY 14-16 American Glovebox Society (AGS) Annual Conference. Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort, Daytona Beach, FL. For more information: www.gloveboxsociety.org JULY 15-17 SEMICON West 2008. Moscone Center, San Francisco,...