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NCTM1104 – Pharmaceutical Facility Operations
August 31, 2020 @ 8:00 am
*Online Course
Further instruction will be sent after registration.
Description
This asynchronous online course provides an overview of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, including design/layout, utilities, and equipment. Participants will study clean room design, classification, and structure, and understand the many processes that are implemented to ensure a sterile environment, including practicing aseptic technique, gowning, environmental monitoring, and sanitization. Management of chemical and biological waste, sterilization techniques, and equipment maintenance and calibration are also discussed alongside the importance of validation in a pharmaceutical facility.
What you will learn
- Understand facility design- types of facility, design, construction, complexities, utilities design, equipment , startup procedures, and maintenance
- Illustrate clean area design – contaminants, clean room design, clean room classifications, and controlling contamination
- Learn clean area operations – aseptic techniques, human and workplace contaminants, clean room supplies and storage, and environmental monitoring
- Differentiate between sanitization and sterilization- cleaning and disinfection, types of sanitization, reasons to sterilize, sterility assurance levels, and sterilization responsibilities