Validation Study and Routine Control Monitoring of Moist Heat Sterilization Procedures

• Published in: Biocontrol Science Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 57 - 67
• Main Author: SHINTANI, HIDEHARU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan 2012; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Biological control; Documentation; Equipment Contamination - prevention & control; Heat; Hot Temperature; Intelligence; Life cycle; Moist heat sterilization; Pharmaceuticals; Quality Control; Steam; Sterility; Sterilization; Sterilization - instrumentation; Sterilization - methods; Sterilization - standards; Technology, Pharmaceutical - methods; Validation study
• ISSN: 1342-4815; 1884-0205
• DOI: 10.4265/bio.17.57

The proposed approach to validation of steam sterilization in autoclaves follows the basic life cycle concepts applicable to all validation programs. Understand the function of sterilization process, develop and understand the cycles to carry out the process, and define a suitable test or series of tests to confirm that the function of the process is suitably ensured by the structure provided. Sterilization of product and components and parts that come in direct contact with sterilized product is the most critical of pharmaceutical processes. Consequently, this process requires a most rigorous and detailed approach to validation. An understanding of the process requires a basic understanding of microbial death, the parameters that facilitate that death, the accepted definition of sterility, and the relationship between the definition and sterilization parameters. Autoclaves and support systems need to be designed, installed, and qualified in a manner that ensures their continued reliability. Lastly, the test program must be complete and definitive. In this paper, in addition to validation study, documentation of IQ, OQ and PQ concretely were described.