Cleanroom Technology: Fundamentals of Design, Testing and Operation, 2nd Edition

This comprehensively revised second edition includes extensive updates to the two chapters that contain information on cleanroom standards and guidelines. It contains a thoroughly updated chapter on risk management, including an important section on risk assessment. Other new subjects included cover clean-build, determination of air supply volumes for non-unidirectional airflow cleanrooms, RABS (Restricted Access Barrier Systems), contamination recovery test methods, entry of large items into a cleanroom, glove allergy problems, and guidance on how to develop a cleanroom cleaning programme.

Used for in-house training and a textbook in colleges, this volume is for cleanroom personnel at all levels. It provides novices with an introduction to the state-of-the-art technology and professionals with an accessible reference to the current practices. It is particularly useful in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences industries.

A comment on the first edition:

“...extremely useful and helpful...very well-written, highly organized, easy to understand and follow...”
—Environmental Geology, 2003