Reducing the risk of contamination of sterile parenteral products via ready-to-use closure components

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1572-1579

  Curry, Wayne ^a   Conway, Samuel ^a   Goodfield, Clara ^a   Miller, Kimberly ^a   Mueller, Ronald L ^a   Polini, Eugene ^a  

^a West Pharmaceutical Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

component preparation; container closure integrity; plungers; sterilization; stoppers

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; ELASTOMER; ENDOTOXIN;

CONTAMINATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PACKAGING; ELASTOMERS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; RISK; STERILIZATION;

EID: 78651471804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-010-9531-8     Document Type: Review

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