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What are the risks of contamination to me?

 

Contaminants can pose a major threat to many aspects of business, some of the main being the impact on product yield in a hardware environment, paintwork in an automotive and bacteria spreading in hospital and food preparation environments.

 

Contamination in a critical environment is a major threat to quality, product yield, effectiveness and productivity. It can often result in:


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  • Quarantined batches
    Microbial contamination has serious consequences for life sciences. One microbe in a batch of aseptic drugs can threaten the whole batch, leading to it being quarantined or scrapped.
  • Rejected goods
    Contamination can result in manufacturing downtime and loss of consumer confidence. Many companies have encountered a significant loss of business as a result of rejected and recalled goods.
  • Impact on product yields
    Contamination can have an extremely negative impact on product yields. The results of consequent reworking has a significant effect on profitability and operational effectiveness.
  • Hospital acquired infections
    Contamination in operating theatres, ITUs and recovery areas can provide a significant increase in risk of hospital acquired infections such as MRSA.

    • Many people don’t think that contamination control at floor level is important. In fact conformance to BS EN ISO 14644, GMP’s and HACCP all require measures to reduce the risk of contamination.

    To find out more about the Standards click here

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