What are the advantages of Rinse sampling?

Rinse samples are taken during the cleaning of the equipment. A large surface area of the equipment can be sampled using this technique.

Following are some advantages of rinse sampling.

• ·         Adaptable to online monitoring
• ·         Easy to sample
• ·          Non-intrusive
• ·          Less technique dependent that swab
• ·         Applicable for active, cleaning agents & excipients allow sampling of large surfaces
• ·         Allows sampling of unique (e.g. porous) surface.