Introduction to Cleaning in Pharma

Introduction to Cleaning in Pharma provides a basic understanding of the various concepts within cleaning processes and how adequate cleaning of equipment/facilities is documented. Cleaning is an important part of ensuring product quality and patient safety. The course material covers requirements from the FDA (US), Health Canada, JP (Japan), EMA (Europe), and various guidelines.

Who can participate?

Anyone interested in gaining basic knowledge of cleaning in the pharma industry.
Personnel in quality, production, development.
New or prospective employees in the Pharmaceutical industry.

Course overview

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Havnevej 1, 1 tv, 4000 Roskilde
Danish / English

The teaching material will be in English.
Teaching will be in Danish.

Prerequisites to participate

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Introduction to Cleaning in Pharma

Cleaning in Pharma is gaining greater attention from inspectors during inspections. This places greater demands on documentation regarding risk assessments and the handling of potential deviations in connection with irregularities during cleaning processes and subsequent analysis of samples.

Participants will have the opportunity to bring their own issues to the table, and there will be case studies and hands-on exercises.

Course information

Teaching method

The training combines theory with practical exercises and discussions based on the students' own experiences and challenges. We value learner feedback to ensure continuous improvement of our courses.

Course highlights

On the course you will achieve:

The various cleaning methods and sampling techniques used to demonstrate cleaning.
Understanding how acceptance criteria are determined and the effect of hold times.
Difference between cleaning verification and validation.
A risk-based approach to cleaning in connection with, for example, deviation management.
A brief introduction to what is expected of a cleaning validation.

Course program

After the course

Reviewed rules and guidelines for cleaning in Pharma.
Understanding of various cleaning concepts and their interconnectedness.
Learned how to assess whether a cleaning process is sufficient in case of irregularities.
Assess whether the correct cleaning method and test method have been selected for a cleaning process.

Instructor on the course

Vibe Louise Ernlund Simonsen

Vibe has worked in cleaning for 14 years with both facilities and washing machines in all parts of their life cycles. She has trained many colleagues in cleaning and been part of working groups for deviations and overall SOP descriptions. In addition, she has conducted development studies for use in risk assessments to support and minimize validation activities.

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