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What is the primary goal of microbiological quality control (QC) in pharmaceutical products?
What is the primary goal of microbiological quality control (QC) in pharmaceutical products?
What is the main purpose of microbiological quality Assurance (QA) during the manufacturing process?
What is the main purpose of microbiological quality Assurance (QA) during the manufacturing process?
What is the significance of Total Quality Assurance (TQA) in pharmaceutical production?
What is the significance of Total Quality Assurance (TQA) in pharmaceutical production?
Why may a supposedly sterilized product still fail to be sterile?
Why may a supposedly sterilized product still fail to be sterile?
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Which statement accurately describes the microbiological quality requirements for Parenteral products?
Which statement accurately describes the microbiological quality requirements for Parenteral products?
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What is a common method to reduce the risk of contamination in Ophthalmic products?
What is a common method to reduce the risk of contamination in Ophthalmic products?
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Why are Oral and Topical preparations considered nonsterile products?
Why are Oral and Topical preparations considered nonsterile products?
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What is a key strategy mentioned to limit contamination in Oral and Topical preparations?
What is a key strategy mentioned to limit contamination in Oral and Topical preparations?
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What is a recommended method for maintaining sterility in pharmaceutical products?
What is a recommended method for maintaining sterility in pharmaceutical products?
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What is the purpose of testing for pyrogens and bacterial endotoxins in pharmaceutical products?
What is the purpose of testing for pyrogens and bacterial endotoxins in pharmaceutical products?
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Study Notes
Sterilization and Sterility Testing
- Sterilization is the process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including spores.
- Sterility testing is a destructive test that determines if a product is free from living bacteria and fungi, but not viruses.
Problems with Sterility Testing
- Turbid materials: dilution
- Immiscible oils: organic solvent, then direct transfer (DT)
- Creams and ointments: organic solvent, then DT
- Surgical dressing: pieces
- Sterilized devices: wash with sterile saline, then membrane filtration (MF) of saline
Interference with Sterility Testing
- Products with anti-microbial activity:
- Dilution
- Antagonism by constituents of media (e.g., mercuric compounds with thioglycolate)
- Antagonism by addition of sterile materials (e.g., penicillin with penicillinase)
Sterilization of Air
- Less than 2 colonies/cubic feet
- Aseptic areas have:
- Slightly positive pressure
- Smooth walls and ceiling
- Double glass windows
- Double doors
- Minimal furniture
- Sterile air through HEPA filters
- UV radiation
Methods of Sterilization
- By chemicals (e.g., formaldehyde)
- UV radiation
- Electrostatic precipitation
- Filtration (e.g., cotton or glass wool fibrous pads, cellulose paper filters, cartilage membrane filters)
- Laminar air flow
Microbiological Quality of Pharmaceuticals
- Microbiological quality: level of microbial contamination in pharmaceutical products
- Microbiological quality control (QC): analytical procedure to test for conformity to specification
- Microbiological quality assurance (QA): measures taken during manufacture to ensure product meets specification for microbiological quality
- Good manufacturing practice (GMP): provision of suitable premises, equipment, environment, and personnel to operate approved procedures for production
- Good analytical practice (GAP): as for GMP but for analytical procedures
- Total quality assurance (TQA): net result of GMP, GAP, and QC---product with high quality and error-free
Sterility Testing Procedure
- Sample size: 2% (0.4 N)
- Quantity used per sample: culture media (Fluid Thioglycolate Medium (FTM) and Trypticase Soya broth (TSB))
- Direct transfer (DT) and membrane filtration (MF) methods
- Controls for sterility testing: negative controls and positive controls (standard strains of microorganisms)
Microbiological Quality of Pharmaceuticals (continued)
- Requirements for parenteral preparations: testing for sterility as a QC
- Reasons why a product may prove non-sterile even if sterilized:
- Absolute sterility is extremely rare due to product integrity
- Inversely proportional to initial bioburden
- Resistant contaminants
- Failure of sterilization procedure due to errors, sterilizer, and incorrect operation
- Requirements for ophthalmic preparations:
- Contain preservative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)
- Be sterile
- Containers reduce risk of contamination, single dose or small volume
- Contain preservative
- Microbiological quality of oral and topical preparations:
- They are non-sterile products
- Contamination may be due to raw materials, containers, manufacturing environment, and personnel
- To limit contamination:
- Appropriate design of premises and equipment
- Design of SOP (standard operating procedure)
- Equipment calibration
- Validation
- Monitoring the microbial contribution for various elements (in-process control)
- Preservative tests for pyrogens and bacterial endotoxins in pharmaceuticals
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Test your knowledge on addressing issues encountered during sterility testing, such as dealing with turbid materials, immiscible oils, creams, ointments, surgical dressing, and sterilized devices.
