Fundamentals of Cleanroom Operations

Cleanrooms are high-technology environments that require specific controls to be in place for cleanroom operations, operator behavior, cleanroom housekeeping as well as the equipment design and material selection. Training on cleanroom behavior, operations, as well as contamination prevention is extremely important in overall cleanroom operations. Too often cleanrooms are compromised by activity that initiates OUTSIDE of the cleanroom. The lack of understanding of the fundamentals related to cleanroom contamination control has led to the following: Management making changes to overall cleanroom operations without understanding the possible impact on cleanroom contamination levels, Purchasing changing suppliers without consideration of contamination control within the cleanroom, Engineering making design decisions without understanding the impact on cleanroom contamination, and Cleanroom equipment suppliers unaware of the basics related to contamination control.

This course will provide the audience information related to overall cleanroom operations with case studies from a wide variety of industries with various contamination concerns.

Course outline     Who should attend?     Course materials

 

Course outline

  • Operations Control Program
    • Providing a system that defines policies and operational procedures for maintaining cleanliness levels.
    • Operations program, including an assessment  that necessary procedures are available and adequate.
    • Establishing an appropriate monitoring program
    • Program for monitoring cleanliness parameters
  • Materials Flow
    • Transferring, installing, and maintaining stationary equipment
    • Maintenance program for the installation
    • Transferring material and portable equipment into and out of the cleanroom and within the clean zone.
  • Personnel Management (brief overview of garments)
  • Training of personnel
  • Maintaining a personnel management program that includes a gowning program
  • Cleaning and maintenance
    • Maintaining a cleanroom maintenance program
    • Maintenance program for the stationary equipment including considerations for repair during operation.
  • Maintaining a cleaning program that addresses special cleaning (RP-CC041)
  • Cleaning program execution and control of surface cleanliness
  • Annex A - Personnel Management
  • Annex B - Gowning
  • Annex C - Training
  • Annex D - Cleaning
  • Cleanroom Operations Specifics and Case Studies for industrial industries
  • Cleanroom Operations and Case Studies for regulated industries

Who should attend?

  • Cleanroom operators
  • Cleanroom managers
  • Quality control
  • Purchasing
  • Engineering
  • Equipment & material suppliers

Course materials

  • Copy of PowerPoint presentation sent electronically.


Continuing Education Units: .6 CEUs

 
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