LAF Technologies enhances safety standards of cytotoxic compounding facility

Published: 14-Mar-2024 Featured companies: Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
Design & Build Analysis Pharmaceutical

Australia-based LAF Technologies has provided environmental monitoring systems, safety cabinets and pass-through hatches for the pharmacy

LAF Technologies, a leader in cleanroom contamination control solutions, has provided a pharmacy cytotoxic compounding facility with safety components, enhancing its safety standards. 

Overall, the facility demonstrated a commitment to protecting the well-being of its personnel and patients

Through collaborating with key stakeholders, the pharmacy cytotoxic compounding facility has installed LAF Technologies’s BIOAIR Safemate Cytotoxic Safety Cabinets, LWS environmental monitoring systems, and pass-through hatches.

Cytotoxic safety cabinets

These cabinets serve as the cornerstone of safety when dealing with cytotoxic substances. 

These cabinets serve as the cornerstone of safety when dealing with cytotoxic substances. 

Safemate Cytotoxic Safety Cabinets, supplied and validated by LAF Technologies, provide a meticulously controlled environment that shields pharmacists, products, and the environment from exposure to contamination and hazardous aerosols during compounding processes.

Environmental monitoring systems

LAF Technologies supplied and validated Environmental Monitoring Systems equipped with particle counters, which play a crucial role in monitoring cleanliness and safety within the compounding facility. 

Compromising the quality of sterile injectables can have severe consequences

Compromising the quality of sterile injectables can have severe consequences, necessitating a robust contamination control strategy. Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS) play a pivotal role in maintaining the integrity of pharmaceutical products.

Pass-through hatches

LAF Technologies also supplied and validated pass-through hatches, which are essential for maintaining the integrity of the controlled environment. 

These hatches facilitate the seamless transfer of materials between different areas of the facility, minimising the risk of contamination or exposure. 

By reducing the need for personnel movement in and out of sensitive areas, pass-through hatches contribute significantly to the control of ingress and egress of contamination within the pharmacy facility.

Overall, the facility demonstrated a commitment to protecting the well-being of its personnel and patients by ensuring the integrity of sterile injectable medications.

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