We’re all concerned about the cleanliness of where we live and the products we consume, and the level of awareness today is more than ever. We pay more for organic foods without synthetic pesticides, buy air purifiers with HEPA filtration for the home, and filter the water from our taps. So, with most Americans taking medications every day it is equally important to ensure those products are kept to proper cleanliness standards.
“The two primary form factors for medications are solid (pill) and liquid (syrups, tinctures, etc.), and each has its own considerations for process cleanliness. Powders are being pressed into pills may leave solid residue in the molds, and the large tanks where liquids are processed have huge surface areas that needs to be meticulously cleaned. Pharmaceutical cleaning is a bit like checking and changing your car’s oil: You check it beforehand to get an idea of how dirty things are, and then you check it afterward to ensure it looks sufficiently clean. Broadband spectroscopy lets you do this on pharmaceutical molds and tanks to assess cleanliness before and after the CIP (Cleaning in-Place) process. Read more about it at this App note, which Ocean Optics Company released lately.”
