A study from the University of Manchester into the effects of polymer cross-contamination on the outcome of mechanically recycling plastics has found that the presence of contaminants radically alters ...

To control the contamination resistance of polymer surfaces, surface hydrophobization and hydrophilization were attempted by two atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatments. Poly(ethylene ...

A Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) identifies and evaluates contamination risks, explores mitigation options, and sets out plans for corrective and preventive actions. Its implementation addresses ...

A Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) outlines a means of identifying and analyzing risk, reviewing mitigating innovations and opportunities, and ultimately defining preventive and corrective action ...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Driven by the demand to continuously lower overall operating costs, manufacturers around the world are striving to improve process reliability and uptime. One ...

Advanced biologics and patient-specific therapies reduce opportunities for terminal sterilization, elevating proactive microbial risk control and integrating QC microbiology into CCS authorship, risk ...

One of the main goals of pharmaceutical regulatory rules is to keep environmental contamination at a minimum. According to the EU GMP Annex 1 regulatory standard for sterile drug products, a ...

Exposure to chemical and biological contaminants on the fire ground is an increasing concern for long-term fire fighter health. Cancer and other diseases resulting from chronic exposures has become a ...

Mold contamination has outgrown the tools used to manage it. Across footwear, textiles, toys, furniture, cosmetics, food-contact goods, and pharmaceuticals, products that pass inspection before ...

Researchers and therapeutic manufacturers have long relied on classical microbiological methods to check their samples and surfaces for microbial contamination, primarily using lengthy ...

A perspective from Cosmos on global warming and the ethics of science—and the origin of clean rooms and lead-free gasoline. This week’s episode of the new Cosmos was particularly interesting because ...