Presentation and applied case study of a system-wide workflow which supports rapid, systematic and efficient continuous seeded cooling crystallisation process design, with the aim to deliver a robust, consistent process with tight control of particle attributes.
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This study compares
the use of wet milling and indirect ultrasound
for promoting nucleation and controlling the particle size during
the continuous crystallization of a hard-to-nucleate active pharmaceutical
ingredient (API). Both an immersion and an external wet mill installed
on a recirculation loop were investigated. It was found that all methodologies
significantly improved the nucleation kinetics, and the effects of
key process parameters (e.g., mill speed, temperature,
and ultrasound intensity) on particle size were experimentally investigated.
A minimum d
50 of 27 and 36.8 μm
was achieved when using the wet mill and ultrasound, respectively.
The effectiveness of wet milling was demonstrated in a three-stage
mixed suspension mixed product removal continuous crystallization
of the API that was operated continuously for 12 h (eight residence
times), achieving a steady state with minimal fouling. Strategies
for improving the overall robustness of the setup in routine manufacturing
are discussed.
BackgroundThe rate of surgical site infections following orthopedic procedures is approximately 2% globally. Potential sources of contamination in the operating room include pneumatic tourniquets, blood pressure cuffs, and stethoscopes, among others. Our study aims to investigate microbial colonization on reusable pneumatic tourniquets stored and used in the orthopedic department of our institution and evaluate the efficacy of the cleaning protocols employed.MethodsOver a course of two weeks, 26 samples were obtained. A total of 14 pneumatic tourniquets were sampled preoperatively on Monday morning following the weekly cleaning protocol of soaking the tourniquets in sodium hypochlorite for 30 minutes while 12 tourniquets were cultured immediately following the postoperative cleaning protocol of wiping the tourniquet clean with a cloth soaked in sodium hypochlorite. Samples were cultured on MacConkey and sheep blood agar and incubated at 37-degrees centigrade for a total of 48 hours. Organisms were identified and colony count was documented. The analysis was performed using the Fisher Exact test on SPSS v23 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, US).ResultsAll 14 samples obtained after being soaked in sodium hypochlorite for 30 minutes cultured negative. However, four out of 12 (33%) samples obtained after simply wiping the pneumatic tourniquet with a cloth soaked in sodium hypochlorite cultured coagulase-negative Staphylococci. The difference between the two was significant (p=0.002).ConclusionPostoperative tourniquets, wiped with a cloth soaked in sodium hypochlorite and ready to be used on the next patient, were found to be contaminated with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. This species is notorious for causing surgical site infections following implant-related surgeries potentially through direct inoculation and cross-infections intraoperatively and in storage. Efforts to identify the relationship with postoperative surgical site infections need to be made to suggest more aggressive cleaning protocols.
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