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Nelson Laboratories Fairfield Archive (Formerly Gibraltar Laboratories)






April 9, 2018

Did You Know That the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has Changed the Heavy Metals Chapter Effective January 1 2018?

By: Danina Rinaldi

The USP has been working on changing the guidelines for testing heavy metals for several years.  More specifically, the USP chapter to change will be <231> . The new USP chapters that will be effective are <232> and <233>. The...

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February 28, 2018

Did You Know the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has Made Some Changes on How to Test Against Spores of Clostridium difficile?

By: Danina Rinaldi

Established in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is purposed to protect human health and the environment.  One of the responsibilities of the EPA is to provide guidance on how to evaluate products in the marketplace with claims.  One of...

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February 5, 2018

Did You Know the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has Assembled an Expert Panel to Begin Discussions about Developing a Compendial Rapid Sterility test?

By: Daniel Prince

With an incubation period of at least 14 days, it’s no secret that the current compendial sterility tests are too long for a variety of industries and product types. The USP expert panel identifies four main stakeholders when discussing the need for...

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January 15, 2018

Antibacterial Effect and Proposed Mechanism of Action of a Topical Surgical Adhesive

Published In: American Journal of Infection Control

Medical adhesives effectively hold closed approximated skin edges of wounds from surgical incisions, including punctures from minimally invasive surgery. In addition, they have been reported to be antibacterial against gram-positive bacteria. Using membrane filtration to capture all organisms after contact...

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September 7, 2017

FDA Final Rule: Consumer Antiseptic Washes Are Neither Safe nor Effective

By: Derek Prince

On September 6, 2017 the Food and Drug administration (FDA) final rule banning a list of 29 consumer antiseptic wash ingredients officially became in effect. This rule strictly bans the usage of certain ingredients commonly used in the manufacturing of...

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