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Ophthalmic medications must meet particulate matter test requirements. Particulate matter may come from foreign or product-related substances. Clinical exposure to unwanted particulate matter can cause a biological response in patients including blocking capillaries and arteries, introducing microorganisms and causing an infection, or causing an allergic reaction.  Ophthalmic products fall into three route of administration categories: USP

A cleaning validation demonstrates a pharmacy, hospital, or outsourcing facility’s cleaning procedure is effective and consistent in cleaning equipment and compounding surface areas. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects firms to have written procedures (SOP’s) detailing the cleaning processes used for various pieces of equipment.

According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 8 million US healthcare workers are exposed to hazardous drugs (HDs) every year. Drugs classified as hazardous include cancer therapy, antiviral drugs, hormones, and bioengineered drugs.   More than 12 billion doses of HDs are handled by US providers each year. Anyone handling HDs is at risk

According to the FDA, ensuring data integrity is an important component of industry’s responsibility to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of drugs. ARL Bio Pharma has GMP software that controls our laboratory’s instruments and generated data. This software complies with 21CFR Part 11 as it relates to electronic records. All data is locked down

How are endotoxin limits calculated? How do my endotoxin test results relate to those limits? Endotoxin limits for drug products specify the amount of endotoxin that can safely be present. Limits are based on human tolerance and generally specified in the USP monograph or if no monograph exists, calculated via USP <85> Bacterial Endotoxin Test.

Hand sanitizers are regulated as over the counter (non-prescription) drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued warnings to consumers about hand sanitizer products containing methanol. According to the CDC, Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should only contain ethanol or isopropanol, but some products have been found to contain methanol. Ethanol is a