3 Optimizing Process Performance for Protecting Human Health Globalization, aging population, and economic shifts are transforming the pharmaceutical landscape. New medical needs and therapeutic areas are emerging that will put more pressure on innovation, productivity, and time-to-market. At the same time, sustainability has entered the playing field with a focus on energy efficiency, waste management, and emission reduction. All these developments shed a new perspective on the role for air filtration. The Importance of Clean Air Clean air is something nearly impossible to identify by our human senses. Most airborne particulates are so small that they cannot be perceived with the naked eye. In most cases, we do not know when something is wrong with the air quality until it is already too late and we see the damage that has occurred. Within the pharmaceutical industry, strict requirements on air purity levels are needed because of the direct effect airborne contamination has on the quality of the pharmaceutical products. Human health and safety depend on it. The Role for Air Filtration No clean air is possible without a carefully selected and reliably functioning air filtration system. The performance of installed air filters, whether terminal filters or prefilters, directly determines how effectively harmful contaminants are prevented from entering the airstream in process environments. As such, air filtration represents a vital link in the overall pharmaceutical process chain. This brochure provides insight into the most important aspects for realizing clean air conditions in pharmaceutical applications. The indispensable role for air filtration is explained through the lens of AAF Flanders’ in-depth expertise, state-of-the-art air filtration solutions, and value-added support concepts. Proven Expertise of AAF Flanders AAF Flanders offers the most comprehensive air filtration portfolio in the industry, including particulate and gas-phase filters, that provides a customized clean air solution. Each product is carefully designed, manufactured, and tested in full compliance with all applicable standards to meet the most challenging demands at the lowest energy consumption. AAF Flanders manufacturing takes place in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities. AAF Flanders HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filters are produced, tested, and packaged in a state-of-the-art ISO 7 or cleaner cleanroom environment for optimized filter performance and quality assurance. Many pharmaceutical applications today already benefit from AAF Flanders’ recognized expertise in air filtration. The combination of an extensive product portfolio with high level technical support capabilities has provided significantly improved results for many satisfied customers. Erik Geertsema Test Engineer, AAF Flanders We manufacture and individually test all our HEPA filters in a modern cleanroom environment. We believe that only then is product performance assured, through which the most stringent customer requirements can be met.
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