Visible-Residue Limit for Cleaning Validation and its Potential Application in Pharmaceutical Research Facility

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Pharmaceutical TechnologyPharmaceutical Technology-10-02-2004
Volume 28
Issue 10

Evaluations have shown, in most cases, visual observations are sensitive enough to verify equipment cleanliness. An experiment was conducted to explore the possibility of using a visible-residue limit as an acceptable cleaning limit in a pharmaceutical research facility, including an evaluation of the limits and subjectivity of ?visually clean? equipment.

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