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Many months ago, when we first started talking about the concept and prospect of hosting a “virtual” conference and exhibition, I have to admit I was a little skeptical about how realistic a possibility it actually was.

Cleaning and disinfecting products are a vital part of ensuring that a clean environment is sterile and contaminant-free.

Compiled by Carrie Meadows

In October, Sematech (Austin, TX) hosted a symposium in Lake Tahoe, CA that could literally shine a new light on semiconductor cleanrooms.

As the wheels of Congress start grinding out legislation to protect federally funded biospecimen collections from inadvertent and malicious destruction, practitioners are of two minds about the government involvement.

Since September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been investigating possible contaminated milk-based products coming out of China.

Confronting the difficult head-on, Genzyme Corp. has achieved a high-level certification for energy and environmental design in its Framingham, MA R&D facility unveiled in late September.

Buying swabs in bulk at the lowest price may seem like a cost-effective choice, but those little penny-per-use disposable devices can track contamination into a cleanroom, cloud test results, and cause ESD events if they aren’t chosen with care.

How can smaller operations make existing facilities fit their budgets and their processes with renovations and upgrades?

Direct conductometric TOC analyzer alerts engineers to potentially damaging trihalomethane excursions in pharmaceutical water.