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Ion Mobility Spectroscopy (IMS) and IR spectroscopy are two techniques for cleaning validation which are getting more and more accepted as reported by the "Spectroscopy" magazine. Other common techniques for
cleaning validation are HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) and TOC (Total Organic Carbon). Both of these having their obvious draw backs; HPLC is typically considered slow and expensive while TOC is a non-specific technique giving only parts of important information.

The solution to these problems is the fast and precise IMS technology. This technique requires almost no sample preparation and analysis can be finished in less than a minute.

Alternatively IR spectroscopy can be utilised. IR spectroscopy
is characterised by speed and to give precise information about
the chemicals under study.

The Spectroscopy magazine predicts that as the need for fast
and reliable cleaning validation techniques will grow in the
future, techniques that can provide low-level specific analysis with high speed most likely will be the leading techniques on the market.

K-analys AB is the exclusive distributor for Smiths Detections products including a wide range of FT-IR spectroscopes and also IONSCAN which is an IMS system specially designed for cleaning validation.

Ref: Spectroscopy 20(10) October 2005