What is Containment & Why Containment
Containment is the area separation from Product to
Personnel/Environmental area by a barrier. Containment is used to prevent any
negative impacts (contamination) from one area to the other and vice versa.
Potential contamination sources:
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Surface contamination
-
Airborne contamination
General Regulation
The
first duty of every employer is to prevent the exposure of employees to
substances hazardous to their health. The company may implement additional
personal preventative measures only there where this cannot be guaranteed by
suitable technical options
(COSHH 2002 – Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health- step 3).
Real Containment Consideration
As exposure can‘t be fully prevented the company has
to ensure by using suitable EQUIPMENT, that the OPERATOR‘s Real Daily Intake
(RDI) of a hazardous substance doesn‘t exceed the PRODUCT specific Acceptable
Daily Intake (ADI)
RDI
< = ADI
| Hierarchy of Control |
| BEST |
Elimination |
|
Substitution |
|
Modify Process |
|
CONTAINMENT |
|
Plant design |
|
Ventilation / Extraction |
|
Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) |
|
Personnel Protection |
| Last resort |
or combination of the above |
For more containment information please
find link to the following article
“containment in the pharmaceutical
industry” or
contact our specialists for containment interfaces at
Buck®