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Components of an effective disinfectant prequalification strategy

Microbial control in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is essential to ensure the production of safe, high-quality medicines; cleaning procedures designed specifically to destroy microbial contaminants that may be present are an important component of any microbial control strategy, report Cambrex's Mariana Breña, Michael Mrvos and Christopher Parker

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Ecolab hand and surface disinfectants proven to kill COVID-19

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Teknomek launches passive aggressive turnstile

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Bioquell, part of Ecolab, is helping pharmaceutical companies to resume operations post COVID-19

Bioquell Rapid Bio Decontamination Service (RBDS) enables businesses to quickly regain control of clean spaces and ramp up capacity

The new F-Gas Regulation and its impact on pharmaceutical freeze-drying

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