Cleaning of Dispensing Area during Product Changeover

Cleaning of Dispensing Area during Product Changeover

The area cleaning during Product Changeover:

Start the cleaning operation of the ceiling and then to walls from top progressing to downwards.

Clean the door and window glasses using a wet duster soaked with disinfectant solution.

Clean the doors, door closure handles, and all the hinges of the door using dry followed by wet duster and again with dry duster.

If weighing balance is present in the processing room, clean it by using a wet duster followed by a dry duster.

Clean the pallets, trolleys, etc. using a wet duster followed by a clean dry duster.

Remove the dust from the switchboards, and utility pendants using the vacuum cleaner and wipe with a clean dry duster.

Clean the SOP stand using a clean dry duster.

Clean the accessories box using the wet duster followed by the clean dry duster.

Clean the ceilings of the Air Handling Unit (AHU) supply/return grilles with a pipe brush and vacuum cleaner.

Clean and mop the entire floor using a disinfectant solution (2.5 % Dettol/Savlon) or any other disinfectant (if required) as per SOP.

Clean the tube light fixtures using a wet duster followed by a clean dry duster.

Clean the coving, and corners of the entire area using a wet duster followed by a dry duster.

Clean the cameras of the entire area using a wet duster followed by a dry duster.

Clean the walls of the entire area using a Disinfectant solution with a wet mop.

Collect all the waste from the waste bin into a poly bag and send it to the scrap area. Clean the waste bin with a wet duster followed by a dry duster.

Dispensing

 

Clean the drain points using the disinfectant solution.

Enter the cleaning activity details in the Dispensing Area Cleaning Log Book.

The Cleaning of the area shall be done during every product changeover.

About Abha Maurya

Ms. Abha Maurya is the Author and founder of pharmaceutical guidance, he is a pharmaceutical Professional from India having more than 18 years of rich experience in pharmaceutical field. During his career, he work in quality assurance department with multinational company’s i.e Zydus Cadila Ltd, Unichem Laboratories Ltd, Indoco remedies Ltd, Panacea Biotec Ltd, Nectar life Science Ltd. During his experience, he face may regulatory Audit i.e. USFDA, MHRA, ANVISA, MCC, TGA, EU –GMP, WHO –Geneva, ISO 9001-2008 and many ROW Regularities Audit i.e.Uganda,Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. He is currently leading a regulatory pharmaceutical company as a head Quality. You can join him by Email, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and YouTube

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