The Top Ten compounds of particulate contamination in parenterals
Markus Lankers Rap.ID Particle Systems GmbH
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Bethesda October 20, 2005
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Liquid Particle Explorer®
Number
Particles >2µm
•Fully Automated •Easy Calibration
Size Shape Chemical Composition (ID)
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Visual Inspection - Production given: product free of visible (foreign) particles (>50 µm) results: 1. 100 % visual inspection 2. separation of rejects 3. removal of rejects 4. reject rate (PM): 0.2-3%
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Know Your Particles particle !
Source ! source ?
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Particle Characterization in the Lab method light microscopy EDX analysis IR – microscopy RAMAN microscopy meaning colour + form e.g.: black fibres elements e.g.: 96% Fe, 4%Cr,.. compounds e.g.: Teflon, PE, compounds e.g.: Teflon, PE, TiO2
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time/particle 1-5 min 60-180 min 60-180 min 60-180 min
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Chemical Analysis
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Polyethylene
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Measurement
•membrane filtration 1 •measurement 3
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2 1
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Filter
Scan Fields
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•Membrane (0.8 µm, 3 µm) RAMAN inactive
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Image Analysis
5µ m
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8µ m
Automated Spectroscopy
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RAMAN Spectroscopy laser spectrometer
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nodge
ccd- detector
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Documentation
data tracking
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