A medical materials manufacturer has achieved a cost-effective and reliable supply of pharmaceutical standard purified water for equipment washing, sterilisation, and steam generation with Veolia Water Technologies (VWT UK) Orion® solution.
The manufacturer, located in the south of England, required a purified water solution for a new cleanroom facility at its headquarters. The facility is used to support its new product launches and clinical trial work.
The water, which needs to meet US Pharmacopeia (USP) Purified Water standards, is used as a feed for autoclaves and washer disinfectors for washing and sterilising production equipment components. The new facility has relatively low water volume requirements as the autoclaves and washer disinfectors typically only operate once or twice per day. There were limits on the physical space available for the new plant, which was a consideration for the system integration. This resulted in VWT UK designing a system around its multi-technology packaged Orion purified water generation system, which feeds directly to each of the points of use.
The Orion® water treatment system, which was developed for the pharmaceutical industry, uses a combination of technologies to produce high-purity water that reliably meets industry standards. It combines water softening, dechlorination, Reverse Osmosis (RO), and Continuous Electrodeionisation (CEDI) technologies to achieve USP Purified Water standards. The CFR 21 Part 11 compliant chart recorder included in the Orion® control panel provides easy access to performance and quality reporting for MHRA auditors.
