Automating your washing process offers numerous advantages from ensuring consistent quality to enhancing safety and efficiency. Here are some reasons why you should make the switch:

Reason #1 Repeatability and improved cleaning validation

Hand-washing processes are difficult to standardise, and their validation can be challenging. All this can be easily avoided by using an automated system. Validated at installation, it performs the same washing cycle every day, ensuring consistent performance, quality, and effectiveness.  

Reason #2 Tailor-made washing recipes 

You can design tailor-made washing recipes, allowing you to shape the ideal cleaning process for your contact parts and process components. Set all the parameters of the washing cycle and your result will meet the highest standard, as per original validation and qualification, using the least amount of energy and resources possible.

Reason #3 Enhance staff safety 

The washing of any part is a physical process with operator exposure to corrosive detergent, hot water and a provides a safe working environment for your staff. 

Reason #4 Reduced operator error

The automated washer performs in the same way every time and so once validated, there will be no requirement to ever repeat a cleaning process. 

Reason #5 Less detergent usage

The strong mechanical action of the pump together with the heated water and direct nozzles will mean less usage of detergent compared to a manual process. This will reduce costs and environmental footprint.

 
Reason #6 Maximised loading patterns using a customised basket

All of our customised baskets are manufactured in-house which maximises chamber loading and therefore more parts can be washed in one cycle further reducing cycle times. 

Reason #7 Drying

Utilising HEPA-filtered air and using the onboard heat exchanger, hot air is blown over the parts to ensure they are dry at the end of a cycle, therefore a secondary drying process is not required. 

Reason #8 Improved auditing 

All IWT Pharma equipment are fully FDA CRF Part 11 compliant and so there is full HMI traceability of who has operated the machine and when. This information can be downloaded to USB or uploaded to the server. 

Reason #9 Improved staff utilisation

Employees can be utilised elsewhere on higher-value tasks because the automated washers will complete the washing for you

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Reason #10 Reduction of manufacturing line downtime 

This could increase production capabilities. Automated washing will reduce washing times, reducing manufacturing line downtime, and increasing production capabilities. 

Reason #11 Adoption of new changes to cGMP Annex 1

Annex 1 details that a clear Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) should be implemented across the facility to ensure medicinal product quality and safety. Automated cleaning operations comply much more readily than manual operations with establishing a CCS.

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