Consideration of media fill tests for evaluation and control of aseptic processes: a statistical approach to quality criteria

K Kawamura, H Abe - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and …, 2002 - journal.pda.org
The concept of upper and lower statistical confidence limits has been introduced to the
current media fill tests used for the assurance of aseptic operation. Results of media fill tests …

A novel approach to the statistical evaluation of media fill tests by the difference from no contamination data

K Kawamura, H Abe - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and …, 2004 - journal.pda.org
It is obvious that, in the media fill test and process simulation test, positive numbers in total
fills should not have any significant difference from zero or asepsis. There are many reports …

[PDF][PDF] Critical review on qualification of sterilization equipment in aseptic processing

SJ Shinde, PS Jain, NK Kale - Department of Quality Assurance and …, 2013 - speronline.com
Aseptic filling is an aseptic process that requires the close coordination and complex
interaction between personnel, sterilized product, the fill/finish equipment system, clean …

Industrial manufacture of parenteral products in The Netherlands. A survey of eight years of media fills and sterility testing

H van Doorne, BJ Van Kampen… - PDA Journal of …, 1998 - journal.pda.org
Sterility testing and media fills are essential requirements in the pharmaceutical industry.
With the results obtained the manufacturer must ensure that the aseptic filling process is …

Evaluating the Sensitivity of a Media-Fill Challenge Test Under Various Situations as a Reliable Method for Recommended Aseptic Technique Competency …

CA Moody, SF Eckel… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Microbial contamination of compounded medications is a serious concern
within hospital pharmacies as it can lead to severe patient injury. The United States …

Process Validation: Design and Planning

HS Baseman - Principles of Parenteral Solution Validation, 2020 - Elsevier
The validation of the aseptic process is particularly challenging. What are the principles and
methods for planning and designing the validation of sterile parenteral solution …

Post aseptic fill sterilization and lethal treatment

MJ Sadowski - Principles of Parenteral Solution Validation, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to inherently greater risks of nonsterility, aseptic processes are considered inferior to
terminal sterilization processes from a Sterility Assurance perspective. However, post …

[PDF][PDF] Aseptic processing risk management: A review

E Gopinath, RS Bhadauria, A Mishra, VK Soan… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Citeseer
Aseptic processing is a widely used technology in the field of pharmaceutical, biotech, and
medical device industries for the preparation of sterile materials. The term aseptic …

Determination of conditions for the production scale sterilization of prefilled syringes

N Nishimoto, T Maekawa - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science …, 2003 - journal.pda.org
External and internal differences in pressure of prefilled syringes can cause plunger
movement during sterilization, which might cause drug product contamination …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing filling technologies for contamination risk

B Verjans - BioPharm International, 2012 - biopharminternational.com
The authors compare four well-established aseptic filling technologies, open vial, ampul,
blow-fill-seal (BFS) and prefilled syringes, to the recently developed closed-vial technology …