Now the Time to wake up and Follow the procedure for achieving cleanroom Guidelines...
- Areas surrounding the Cleanroom should be less pressured than the Cleanroom.
- Airlock rooms to be provided before Clean Room to reduce entry of contamination.
- Separate change rooms to be provided for male and female workers. Change rooms are not only used to change the cloths but they also acts as a buffer zone between the Cleanroom and the contaminated areas.
- Whenever going inside the Cleanroom through the air lock, ensure that the previous air lock door is closed back before entering the next air lock. Always open and close the doors slowly, as this action will pump a lot of air. At any cost the doors should not be left open.
- Air Shower to be used to reduce particles entry during human movement.
- Existing Windows to be closed permanently to avoid cross contamination.
- Good smooth and scratch resisting flooring with skirting to be provided.
- Corners to be provided with coving to avoid dust accumulation and for easy cleaning.
- The room should be considered a restricted area. Only authorized personnel should be allowed to enter during operation.
- No paper products/cotton buds should be allowed inside the Clean Room.
- All personnel entering the room facility should remove their shoes and socks. They shall step on the wet/tacky mat in approved manner.
- All personnel/visitors should wear Clean Room garments while entering Clean room.
- Clean Room Garments are to be stored properly in a laminar air flow storage cabinet.
- Personnel should not carry any personnel items such as pencils, pens, hand kerchiefs etc. into the Cleanroom.
- Persons with skin ailments or coughing etc. should not be allowed.
- Avoid talking inside the Cleanroom.
- For cleaning the Cleanroom it is always better to use liquid detergents and the cleaning process should be slow and the cleaning personnel should also wear Cleanroom garments.
- Do not use any blowing equipment inside or nearby a Cleanroom, instead, it is always recommended to use a vacuuming equipment for cleaning.
- Movement of materials from and to the Cleanroom must be as minimum as possible.
- Avoid touching by hand the material inside the Cleanroom, instead use forceps wherever possible.
- A sitting person sheds over 100000 particles, a moving person emits over one million particles and walking person emits 5 million particles of 0.5 micron size.
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