You can tell a lot from an Autoclave Cycle design profile!

Often issues with Wet Loads, Superheat and Equilibration times failures are ‘resolved’ by cycle modification. This can be an extension of drying cycle, pulsing, heat up phase modifications or jacket temperature changes.
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It’s important to fully understand the implications of the changes you make to your autoclave cycle. When failures arise we can often trace these back to cycle modifications in the past. Often these were thought to resolve historic failures, but often mask the real problem and lead to future failures.

​If you experience any problems with Superheat, Wet Loads or Equilibration time failures please call us. Our lead consultant Chris Maughan would be more than happy to help identify the root cause of failures and provide advice on the best way to resolve the issue without impacting the performance of the cycle.

Our managing Director Chris Maughan will be presenting at the KENX Validation University in Puerto Rico.

The event will take place on 9-10 November 2020 and Chris will be looking into routine testing of Autoclaves. In his presentation he will look at Chemical and Biological Indicators. In addition he will also explore EN285 testing as a method of identifying issues with Wet Steam, Wet Loads and Superheat within the chamber.

The event can be attended virtually, if you would like to attend the event please visit www.kenx.org

Our Managing Director and Lead Consultant Chris Maughan will be presenting at this years KENX Validation and GMP university.

Chris will be presenting 'Autoclave Validation - Periodic Benchmark Testing'. In the presentation he will be covering the use Chemical indicators, Biological Indicators and Bowie Dick Tests. In addition to this he will alos be looking into Steam Quality Testing and EN285 Thermometric Testing.

You can attend in person at Philadelphia, PA or virtually, For more information please visit ​https://kenx.org/conferences/validation-and-gmp-university/

We are excited to launch our latest online training course 'Temperature Mapping - How to Validation Controlled Temperature Units'. 

Our training is based many years of experience performing validation on sites across Europe. This course provides detailed knowledge of temperature mapping and also provides you with access to our consultants for support during your own projects. It include a downloaded-able workbook to use throughout the course and keep for reference.

Upon successful completion of the course you will be issued a training certificate and have continued access to the course material and the course leader.

The course targeted at Quality, Validation and Engineering staff working within the GMP Environments.

If you would like to know more about this or our other training courses please visit www.thermalcompliance.com

If you would like to know more about Superheat observed in Autoclaves, please take a look at this Slide Share presentation by out lead Consultant Chris Maughan: 
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www.slideshare.net/ChrisMaughan8/superheat-in-porous-load-autoclaves?qid=610ebea9-4065-40b5-b804-3dca86a76bb8&v=&b=&from_search=1

In this presentation Chris explains what superheat is, how it can impact sterilisation and potential root causes.

If you would like to be one of the first to hear about our new courses, please visit www.thermalcompliance.com enroll in our school and click 'I agree to receive instructional and promotional emails'.  

For more information on our training courses either online, onsite or in our training centre please contact Chris Maughan

Our MD Chris Maughan will be speaking at the KENX Validation University in Philadelphia, 30th March - 1st April 2020.

Chris will be speaking about 'Autoclave Validation - Periodic Benchmark Testing'. If you would like to attend this event, we have a early bird discount code available using the code SBI010, visit www.kenx.org/conferences-training for more information.