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Introduction to Environmental Testing 101
Enhance your new employee onboarding program with a Environmental Testing 101 on-demand training.  This webinar covers approximately 1 hour of content, and is a great way to begin training your team or starting orientation with a new employee! This webinar will provide you with the core environmental-testing knowledge that you need to be successful. It will help you begin to master your role in the process. You will gain information about Dynamic, Climatic, and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) testing. 

Pricing:
Member: $95
Non-member: $155
Corporate Members: Free - included with IEST Corporate Member packages; contact IEST

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Introduction to Cleanrooms 101
Enhance your new employee onboarding program with a Cleanrooms 101 on-demand training.  This webinar covers approximately 1 hour of content, and is a great way to begin training your team or starting orientation with a new employee! This webinar provides a detailed overview of cleanrooms, applicable to the beginner but also of relevance to the more experienced cleanroom professional. 

Pricing:
Member: $95
Non-member: $155
Corporate Members: Free - included with IEST Corporate Member packages; contact IEST

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10 Steps to Successful Qualification Testing Webinar
Execution of a product qualification test program is a multifaceted venture.  Many technical issues arise due to the complex nature of the environments and products being tested.  However, a qualification program comprises much more scope than testing alone.  This short course provides a “Top Ten” list of critical considerations for planning and executing a qualification test program.  Topics discussed during the session include requirements development and specifications, understanding the application, working with the environmental lab and support organizations planning for test success, and documentation considerations.  The overall goal of this course is to inform engineers, program managers, and other involved professionals of the complexities of product qualification to better prepare them to ask the right questions of their support personnel.

Pricing:
Member: $95
Non-member: $155
CEUs: .1

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Airborne Particle Sampling Techniques: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Cleanroom classification and monitoring, particle sampling tubes, and structures that allow us to reach critical locations are always challenging. The total distance from the sampling location to the particle counter, number of bends, and also radius are critical.  It is important to make sure that the setup you have designed is suitable for its intended use. This webinar aims to provide information on how to gather appropriate, accurate, and repeatable data, and how to interpret this information to improve process protection.

Pricing:
Member: $95
No-member: $155
CEUs: .1

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Roadmap to Developing a Contamination Control Strategy in Pass-Thru Applications

This webinar will cover a risk-based approach to pass thru decon of critical items into cleanrooms, opened RABS, pass thru chambers, and BSC Hoods. There will be a focus on how to control hard to kill fungal spores such as Aspergillus and Chaetomium as well as bacterial spores and viruses (enveloped and non-enveloped). Recent case studies from the past few months in cell and gene therapy and compounding pharmacies will be discussed in relation to pass thru decon best practices. Published data will also be presented to convey effective methods in controlling bioburden into the APA. A focus on sanitizer, disinfectant, and sporicidal chemistries as well as other new technologies such as UV light will be discussed. This presentation well be a holistic approach to controlling bioburden from entering BSC Hoods and cleanroom operations.

Pricing:
Member: $95
No-member: $155
CEUs: .1

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Microbiology for Non-microbiologists
This 2 hour training will cover the basics of understanding microbes, their growth requirements and the effect microbial contamination may have on product and patient. This training is developed for personnel who have little or no microbiology knowledge and are required to perform microbiology related functions All areas in medical products manufacturing and cleanroom operations will be discussed. Additionally, microbiological test methods and sterility assurance will also be explained. Topics covered in this training will include:

• Understanding aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, their sources and growth requirements
• Types of media used for bacterial growth
• Gram staining methods for differentiating bacterial types
• Infection pathways of bacterial isolates
• Discussion of fungal types, sources, morphology and growth patterns
• Challenges in identifying mold
• How mold adapts and infects
• Differences between enveloped and unenveloped viruses
• Cleanroom design flaws that increase microbial contamination
• How airflows within a cleanroom can disseminate contamination
• Understanding the science behind gowning to control human borne contamination in cleanrooms
• The science behind disinfection and cleaning- chemical and physical removal of contaminants
• Common errors made in fogging
• Test methods commonly used to detect microbial contamination 
• Environmental monitoring
• Bioburden tests
• Sterility tests
• Pathogen specific assessments

Pricing:
Member: $95
No-member: $155
CEUs: .1

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Hard to Kill Stuff: Radiation and Disinfectant Resistance in Microorganisms
This presentation aims to review the strategies by which microorganisms thrive in extreme radiation environments, extreme temperatures, in contaminated environments, at varying pH and salt levels. Beyond radiation resistance, the mechanisms microorganisms utilize to circumvent biocidal activities will also be discussed. Due to the limited research of such radio tolerant and disinfection resistant microorganisms, the major challenges that lie ahead will  also be  examined.

Pricing:
Member: $95
No-member: $155
CEUs: .1

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Practical Considerations for Implementing a GMP Annex 1 CCS Training Series
EU/GMP Annex 1 has re-emphasized the  requirement for a formal document, which reflects the risk based strategy for minimizing contamination and cross contamination of medicinal products.  The new Annex 1 also expands on some of the elements that should be included and assessed as part of a formal risk based contamination control strategy. Paper based risk assessments do not identify real life risks. This series of training will help identify real world risk scenarios, identify gaps, develop mitigation strategy, optimize contamination control  and prepare a CCS which will comply with current regulatory thinking about contamination control. Gain knowledge from vetted, subject-matter experts on...

Selecting the Right Accelerometer
The course will focus on providing guidelines for the selection and application of accelerometers that are used in the measurement of shock and vibration. The course is based upon the IEST Recommend Practice (RP) document IEST-RP-DTE011: Mechanical Shock and Vibration Accelerometer Selection. The focus will be on the practical use of the devices and will act as an introductory course on accelerometers.

Pricing:
Member: $225
Non-member: $285
CEUS: .3

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Airflow Visualizsation (AKA Smoke Studies) Techniques and Technology
Understanding airflow patterns in cleanrooms and controlled environments is an important aspect in contamination control.  Personnel, equipment, and material flow can influence airflow and affect contamination levels in even the most well-designed cleanrooms.

Air Flow Visualization (AFV) studies, sometimes referred to as “Smoke Studies” are useful in providing a visual representation of air flow in cleanrooms.  These studies (or series of tests) can also be useful in troubleshooting cleanroom contamination issues resulting from undetected air patterns that limit a cleanrooms ability to provide adequate contamination control.Though considered an optional test as listed in the international cleanroom standard, “ISO 14644-3:2019, Airflow Visualization is an expected test by pharmaceutical inspection authorities and mentioned in FDA, PIC/S and USP guidance documents. This 3-hour training will go into detail the techniques and technology behind smoke studies.

Pricing:
Member: $225
Non-member: $285
CEUS: .3

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Contamination Fallout in the Cleanroom: Monitoring Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) and Surface Molecular Contamination (SMC) to Minimize Impact

The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of AMC and SMC and its impact on manufacturing.  To achieve world class manufacturing, there must be a delicate balance between AMC and SMC control in a cleanroom and adherence to the manufacturing production schedule.  It is preferable to control cleanroom contamination earlier and in a proactive manner than for it to cause a bottleneck constraint in the manufacturing process.  

This webinar reviews the general requirements and classification for a cleanroom to provide cleanliness integrity for product assembly and manufacturing.  We will discuss contamination fallout of Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC), their sources and challenges to control AMC, and continuous monitoring using online instrumentation and grab sampling techniques.  AMC reduction starts with the deliberate selection of cleanroom build materials, cleanroom consumables, and the product’s build of materials.

Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) can result in Surface Molecular Contamination (SMC) that affects the product performance.  The control of SMC in the cleanroom requires an understanding of its mobility and transfer through cross-contamination during the manufacturing process.  Operation in the cleanroom with Clean Manufacturing and BKMs (Best Known Methods) is required to minimize the impact of SMC to the product performance.  

We will discuss BKM for wiper selection and wipe-down procedure of critical surfaces, Case studies of cleanroom metal surface contamination mapping are presented that can reveal contamination hot spots and poor adherence to Clean Manufacturing procedures. 

Pricing:

Member: $195
No-member: $275
CEUs: .2

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Environmental Testing for Managers Training Series

Testing against real-world environments is a vital, and sometimes costly, part of launching and maintaining good products, yet it is often neglected in budgets, schedules and development plans. This series of webinars is designed to provide a broad overview of environmental testing with an emphasis on advance planning, management and ensuring quality results to facilitate product validation and improvement. Gain knowledge from vetted, subject-matter experts on...

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How will I access the recording?

A: You will receive an email after your purchase with a link to the recording. You will be returned to type in your name and email before the recording is played. You will have access to view the recording for 30 days.

Q: Can the recording be view more than once?

A: Yes, you can view the recording more than once. Just use the same link that was emailed to you.

Q: Can multiple people view the recording?

A: No, the recording purchases are for one individual and you will be required to type in your name and email before the recording is played. If more than one individual would like to listen to the training, you will need to purchase the recording individually for them.

Q: Are CEUs issued for these classes?

A: Yes, CEUs are issued for these classes. These units will be applyed to your transcript on your IEST account. You can access this by clicking here.  You must login to your IEST account. This information is periodically updated and not updated in real time. If you need a certificate of completion emailed to you, please send your request to sstamatkin@iest.org.

Q: Do we receive a copy of the print presentation?

A: If you would like to receive a PDF copy of the presentations, please send an email to hwooden@iest.org. These are not automatically sent.

*Note: These recordings have been unedited and some have been recorded live. Refunds will not be giving for recording quality.