Not all workplaces are the same. Where desks and chairs, office partitions and phone booths are perhaps the most common thing you think of when considering workplaces, there are so many other options. From factories and shops to engineering bays and the driving seat of your own car, places of work come in all shapes and sizes, so it’s important that they are designed for their own unique purpose.
A cleanroom is a regulated space that is designed to control contamination and aids in the removal of airborne particles. Cleanrooms are necessary for many industries where small particles can affect the manufacturing and quality of a product or assembly. Today, cleanrooms are usually found in industries such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductor, biotech, medical device, life sciences, optics, aerospace, automotive, and military facilities.
What is a Clean Room? A “Clean Room” is a controlled contamination environment. The purpose of a clean room is to provide a working environment with a limited presence of particles/particulate thanks to a special air filtration system.
A cleanroom is a controlled environment where provisions are made to reduce particulate contamination (along with other environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, and pressure) to levels appropriate for accomplishing contamination-sensitive activities.
More than a room that is clean or a controlled environment, according to the ISO standard 14644-1 clean room definition, a clean room is defined as:
When setting up a cleanroom, the placement of equipment and furniture should be properly configured for optimal airflow. Furniture that’s placed incorrectly can negatively impact circulation, thus creating blockages in airflow and stagnation and ultimately increasing the likelihood for contamination to occur.
The effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic have led to companies adapting their facilities to include a cleanroom area for product diversification, or expanding an existing cleanroom due to an increase in product demand such as ventilators and medical devices. So for many looking to upgrade or expand facilities, what are the best practice considerations for cleanroom design?
When designing a cleanroom, there are many aspects to take into consideration. While regulations and guidelines such as USP chapters outline the minimum requirements for cleanroom design, they do not address all important elements. Many compounding pharmacies use the requirements stated in USP chapters <797> and <800> as the template for designing their cleanroom—often at the expense of a workflow that is operationally efficient and designed to minimize contamination risk. To help compounding pharmacies stay compliant and reduce risk without sacrificing efficiency, here are some of the aspects to consider when designing a clean room, as well as some recommendations that we at Eagle consider best practices.
Cleanrooms are critical spaces in many industries where it is essential to maintain a controlled environment to prevent contamination of products or experiments. From pharmaceuticals to microelectronics, cleanrooms play a crucial role in ensuring product quality and safety.
Reliable cleanrooms are specially constructed, enclosed spaces designed to regulate airborne particles, temperature, humidity, air pressure and more. As a leader in designing and assembling ISO class-compliant cleanrooms, Clean Air Products takes industry-regulated requirements into consideration when creating high-performing, aesthetically appealing cleanrooms. We design and manufacture Federal Standard 209E-compliant recirculating and non-recirculating modular hard wall and soft wall cleanrooms in a range of standard and custom sizes and configurations based on your specific industry requirements.
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