Biosensing Technology When we think of fungi – and who doesn’t when we all have so much extra time to ponder the bizarre? – we tend to think of either the mushrooms we add to our Friday night pizza or the trippy psilocybin-laden ‘magic mushrooms’ that are, we understand, enjoying something of a renaissance as […]
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Feb
Feb
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their website today. Read about the new recommendation for Double Masking protocols. The CDC is suggesting wearing a single use disposable mask underneath a launderable cloth mask. Berkshire does not recommend bringing a launderable cloth face mask into a cleanroom, just as we don’t recommend relaundering wipers.
Cleanroom News
Masks, Microbes, and Mushrooms – How Are You Protecting Against Fungi in the Cleanroom?
03
Feb
Feb
We recently revisited the subject of fungal and microbial pathogens in contamination-controlled environments such as cleanrooms and were pleasantly excited to note the significant degree to which the topic sparked discussion.
01
Feb
Feb
If we were called upon to characterize last year in just two words, we would undoubtedly select unprecedented and pandemic as the most obvious watchwords of 2020. And at this point in time their definition is abundantly clear. But, as we start 2021, a couple of terms have resurfaced that apparently remain somewhat opaque, among […]
27
Jan
Jan
Biosimilars are manufactured in a cleanroom environment. Biosimilars are FDA approved. Why is there a low adoption rate? Read an interesting article in Pharmacy Practice News, “Overcoming Biosimilar Hesitancy”.
06
Jan
Jan
All year we have brought you stories that inform, inspire, and uplift, some – we hope – even bringing you a wry smile. Last year, our ‘Best of…’ saw research on India’s lunar lift off, Apple’s super-fast A12 bionic chipset, and the thrifty romance of lab-grown diamonds. This year, the trend is for our primers […]
05
Jan
Jan
We enjoyed this recent article in Cleanroom Technology that references some of the key components of an effective disinfectant prequalification strategy, which is critical for Microbial control in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
03
Jan
Jan
In an article on the IEST Blog, outgoing chairman of the ISO/TC 209 Dr. David S. Ensor shares accomplishments, challenges of standards development.
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Dec
Dec
We talk a lot about vaccines these days, and for good reason. But it’s easy to forget that, even in the excitement swirling around COVD-19 vaccine development, other bio-medical research is quietly also being conducted in our nation’s cleanrooms and laboratories. So we’re going to take a mini ‘Pandemic Pause’ today and shift the focus […]
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Nov
Nov
Very occasionally a story emerges that stops us in our tracks and gives us pause for reflection. This year has seen its fair share of those, it must be admitted, because 2020 has – by anyone’s measure – been quite the year. And so it is again that today’s pandemic ponderings revolves around cleanroom COVID-19 research but […]
