Containment Fundamentals

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:

• 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 BuckŪ