Certifications verify, monitoring protects — together, they keep cleanrooms in control In the world of controlled environments — from aseptic compounding rooms to high-stakes pharmaceutical cleanrooms — a question is increasingly being asked: “Do we still need traditional periodic certifications if we’ve installed advanced continuous monitoring systems everywhere?” Continuous monitoring is exciting. It beeps, it trends, it generates dashboards that almost make your cleanroom

Even at the North Pole, Santa doesn’t leave quality to chance. At first glance, Santa’s workshop looks nothing like a regulated cleanroom. It’s busy, loud, filled with moving parts, seasonal materials, and a workforce that somehow scales overnight every December. And yet, if the goal is delivering billions of products worldwide—on time, defect-free, and safe—Santa’s operation might be closer to a controlled environment than we think. This holiday season, let’s imagine what wo

Because watching particles disappear can actually be exciting… if you’re into that sort of thing. Introduction: What Is Room Recovery Testing (and Why Should Anyone Care?) Room Recovery Testing (also called Cleanroom Recovery Time Testing ) answers one deceptively simple question: After we mess up a cleanroom on purpose, how long does it take to clean itself back up? In technical terms, it measures how quickly a cleanroom returns from a challenged  (particle-loaded) condition