Pharmaceutical Sterilization – A To Z

Sterilization is a critical process in the pharmaceutical industry for the control of microbial populations. While most prevalent in the manufacture of sterile products it can be used in a variety of settings where microbes have potential impact on patients or products. It’s important to understand the real process need more completely than what this might otherwise suggest. We should use the process that best fits the target objective, which is the removal of objectionables / specified microorganisms. Unfortunately, most practitioners in microbial control take the process to extremes as a matter of routine. That’s acceptable at times, but not always.