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Sterile, disposable sample thieves ensure sample consistency by eliminating contaminants that could be left behind in reusable samplers Challenge:
Sampling tools for non-uniform materials are difficult to clean
Application:
Pharmaceuticals
Sampling a portion of an industrially-produced pharmaceutical product for blend uniformity and contaminants is an important regulatory step to ensure high quality levels. However, reusable, autoclavable sampling tools used for non-uniform samples, such as drums of powder or liquids, are difficult to clean because of their moving parts. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises on the advantages of disposable sampling tools due to the difficulty of cleaning reusable parts.1 Example: Marlene works in quality control of a pharmaceutical company and samples drums of final product for any possible contaminants. Over the course of a week, she finds that all the samples are contaminated by the same small molecule. She is required to fail them all and discard the product. What Marlene did not realize is there was contamination from that small molecule left behind in her stainless steel powder thief that was not removed by washing or autoclaving.
20 per pack
Catalog No.
Length
F37874-0001 F37874-0005 F37874-0010
1ml (0.03oz) 50cm (193/4")
Sterileware® Liquid and Powder Thieves provide a simple solution for sampling pharmaceutical products for quality assurance. These single-use, disposable tools eliminate any introduction of contamination from repeated use, ensuring consistent results and reducing the risk of contamination. Both Sterileware® liquid and powder thieves are gamma-irradiated to a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6 and a Certificate of Processing for sterilization is shipped with each product to ensure sterility.
5ml (0.17oz) 10ml (0.34oz)
F37874-0020
20ml (0.67oz)
F37874-1001
1ml (0.03oz)
F37874-1005 F37874-1010
100cm (393/8")
F37874-1020
Solution:
Capacity
A. Sterileware® Powder Thief
Catalog No.
5ml (0.17oz) 10ml (0.34oz) 20ml (0.67oz)
Length
Capacity
B. Sterileware® Liquid Thief F37871-0500
50cm (193/4")
100ml (3.4oz)
F37871-1000
100cm (393/8")
190ml (6.4oz)
1WHO Technical Support Series, No. 929, 2005.
B SP-01053-RevB
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