WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
A cleaning validation coupon is used in the laboratory to validate a proposed swabbing method.
Example: if your proposed method for swabbing involves a solvent, say methanol, how do you know if that solvent and the swabbing technique you are going to use will actually recover the residue from the surface?
In order to determine the efficiency of your swabbing method in recovering the residue, a cleaning validation coupon, matching the material of construction and the finish of the subject surface, is spiked with known amount of a solution of the residue of known concentration, dried, and swabbed with your proposed swabbing method and the swab analyzed for the residue. If the recovery of the residue is within acceptable limits, then you can proceed to do the swabbing on the subject surface.
COUPON TYPES
QAQC LAB offers coupons made of several different materials with different finishes, such as 316 stainless steel, 304 stainless steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, a variety of plastics and rubbers, etc. Standard dimensions of the coupons are 50 mm x 50 mm, and 100 mm x 100 mm.
Each Swab Kit contains:
- 1 x Telescopic Rod 3m
- 1 x Elbow connector
- 1 box Swabbing Templates* (50 per box)
* A choice of two template sizes is available. They are also available sterile or non-sterile.
The single use, plastic template will be in contact with the item being swabbed.
In order to minimize the risk of sampling error, the Swabbing Templates are and packed in a Cleanroom.
• Made & Packed in a Cleanroom
• Individually Bagged
• Available sterile or non-sterile
• Full Batch Traceability
• 50 templates per box
Each Swab Holder Kit contains:
- 1 x Telescopic Rod 3m
- 1 x Elbow connector
- 1 x Universal Swab Hoder ss)
The Universal Swab Holder is design to work with most makes of stick
swabs and cloth swabs. The Swab Holder is made ic 316L stainless steel.
A reproducible swabbing technique is vital to getting meaningful results during Cleaning Validation
and environmental swabbing. The operator needs to make sure that a consistent area is swabbed.
Swab Holder Kits - include a Universal Swab Holder attached to a telescopic pole
Swab Kit - includes a Swabbing Template attached to a telescopic pole
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