Important to note:
Cleaning and validation and its verification are complex processes involving a variety of tools. It is recommended that any cleaning validation must be customized to the needs of a specific production environment and other legal requirements. Detailed knowledge of the products, process lines and an understanding of current and previous cleaning programs and their efficacy should be considered on a decision about what constitutes the worst-case scenario. By doing so, a facility can ensure that the validation is robust enough to meet both internal requirements and the standards of external accrediting bodies. Test methods such as LFD, ELISA, ATP and Protein testing s can give some insight into how successful a validation performs on surfaces and help to verify the ongoing efficacy of a validation program.
