Contamination Control in High Purity Manufacturing

Particulate, chemical and microbial contamination is widely recognized as a key factor that affects process yield and product reliability in diverse industries, such as microelectronics, data storage, aerospace, pharmaceutical, biomedical devices, automotive, food processing, and nano-materials synthesis. The control of microorganisms is especially critical in the medical device, pharmaceutical and food industries. There are many potential sources of contamination in a cleanroom process-- facilities, chemicals, workstations, process, garments, consumables, people, etc. The relative magnitudes of these sources vary from process to process, and must be quantified and prioritized via a Pareto chart. Contamination control is a multi-disciplinary skill which is not taught in classrooms, but is an expertise acquired primarily through on-the-job learning. This 2-day course, with a special focus on microbial control, is intended to supplement such learning by practice.