PDA Manage Your Isolator for Aseptic Processing Training Course

19 Feb - 20 Feb 2025
Allschwil, Switzerland

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Program Highlights
An additional highlight is the joint dinner at the end of the first training course day, where participants and trainers can get to know each other better and expand their network. Don't miss this unique opportunity and reserve the evening for this get-together.

This interactive training course takes place at the Skan Academy in the newly built Skan Headquarters in Basel.

On the first day, the focus is on glove handling. Theoretical units alternate with hands-on units, so that the participants can experience what they have heard live. On the second day, participants will get an overview of all aspects of the isolator. Here, too, both theory and hands-on units are offered.

During the training course there is enough time and space for exchange of experiences and discussions. For this reason, the training course is designed for a limited number of participants only.

Who Should Attend
  • Operators
  • Manufacturing Supervisors
  • QA Managers
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants have understood:

  • the different components of an isolator
  • the interactions between the different components

The participants have learned:

  • the relevant GMP regulations and other guidelines
  • the do's and don'ts in daily operations
  • the basic principles of maintenance, calibration, and validation

The participants can perform:

  • glove testing
  • handling of settle plates
  • transfer of items in and out of isolator

Agenda

Discover What's Happening Each Day
Day 1 19 Feb Day 2 20 Feb
Wednesday, 19 February

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

8:30
Welcome & Introduction of Trainers and Participants

9:00
Isolator Basics (Theory)

  • Application of Isolators
  • Technical Basics
  • Components
    • EU GMP Annex 1
    • Containment/ Cleaning
    • Gloves
    • Ports
    • Process Components

9:45
Regulatory View on EU GMP Annex 1

  • Principles
  • Key Changes
  • Points to Consider

10:40
Coffee Break and Walk to the Academy

11:10
Workshop in Two Groups

Get to Know the Isolator (Academy)

  • Doors
  • Gloves
  • Ports/Locks
  • Isolator in Operation

Filters and Smoke Studies in Practice (Academy)

  • HEPA Filter, Safe Filter Change, and Test
  • Airflow Visualization and Studies

12:45
Lunch Break

13:30
Walk through the SKAN Assembly Hall showing Examples on Large Filling Lines, Small Scale Filling Lines, Material Transfer Systems

14:30
Equirements for Environmental Monitoring

  • What Are the GMP Requirements?
  • Find the Right Position in the Isolator System

15:45
Coffee Break

16:15
Cleaning SKAN CleanIP - SKANalytix

  • What is Important to Prepare Cleaning
  • What is the Right Method to Perform Cleaning and How to Quantify Clean

17:00
Q&A from Day 1

17:30
End of Training Course Day 1 & Networking Event

Thursday, 20 February

Thursday, 20 February 2025

09:00
Recap Day 1

09:10
Gloves on the Isolator (Theory)

  • Requirements for Gloves
    • Tightness (Pressure, Liquid)
    • Insensitivity to Media
    • Handling by Operator
  • Positioning in the Isolator through Mock-Up Studies
  • How Do Different Gloves and Designs Look Like
    • Manufacturer
    • Materials

10:00
Microbiological Monitoring on Gloves (Theory)

  • Swab Test- Microbiological Testing

10:45
Coffee Break and Walk to the Academy

11:15
Gloves on the Isolator (Practice)

  • Explanation of Technical Specification of the Isolator
  • Material and Design of Gloves (Different Examples)
  • Positioning of Gloves in the Isolator (Various Examples)
  • Mock-Up Study (Example)
  • Installation and Removal of the Gloves
  • Tightness
  • Visual Inspection
  • Working with/in the Gloves on Practical Examples
    • "Easy" Example
    • "Difficult" Example

12:30
Lunch Break

13:30
Decontamination (Theory)

  • H2O2 as Decontaminating Agent
    • Properties
    • Concentration
    • Interaction with Water
  • Cycle Development
    • Validation

14:30
Decontamination

  • Preparation for Decontamination
  • Start Cycle

15:45
Decontamination Monitoring & Biological Indicators BI`s

  • Digital Monitoring of the Decontamination Cycle
  • What is Important to Consider Using BI`s for the Validated Decontamination Cycle

16:30
Q&A from Day 2

16:45
End of Training Course

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Venue Details and Accommodations

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PDA recommends the reservation at the following hotel

Holiday Inn Express
Hegenheimermattweg
179 Allschwil / Basel
Switzerland

The hotel is located five minutes walk from the training course venue.

How to Get Here
By Air Closest Airport: EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
By Car Skan offers free parking lots at Kreuzstrasse 5, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland

Registration

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€ 2.200

Non-Member

€ 2.200

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