Pharmacy Study Material

Free pharmacy material The use of airlocks is a principle that is well-established in the design of cGMP facilities. Despite the apparent simplicity of inserting small rooms into the plan of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, there is confusion regarding their proper use and definition. Airlock seems like a simple enough term, but airlocks have several distinct functions that, although closely related, are freely mixed and often cause confusion. This article looks at these functions and definitions. Airlocks Airlocks are an architectural device that helps implement heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control of air classification or quality. Their purpose is to allow a shift between cleanliness levels, for example, from ISO 8 to ISO 7 or Grade C to B. This shift is achieved by maintaining room pressurization (by the direction of air flow through doors) and isolating the levels from each other. This common understanding of airlocks is defined in industry liter...