Cleaning of Equipment & Accessories in production area Standard Operating Procedure is given

below.
Objective:
To describe the cleaning procedure for equipments and accessories.
Scope:
The scope of this SOP pertains to cleaning of all equipments and accessories placed in tablet
section of production area.
Responsibility:
It is the responsibility of Operator and section Supervisor (Tablet) to follow this SOP as it is
written.
It is the responsibility of Production Pharmacist (Tablet) to ensure that this SOP is followed in its
entirety.
It is the responsibility of Production Manager to make certain that this SOP is followed in its
entirety, reviewed and updated as necessary.
DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
FBD: Fluidized Bed Dryer
MATERIALS & EQUIPMENTS
5.1 Materials
5.1.1 Duster
5.1.2 Nylon brush
5.1.3 Max liquid solution (15% v/v)
5.2 Equipments
5.2.1 Stainless steel bucket
5.2.2 Measuring jug
Procedure:
6.1 Cleaning of major equipments
6.1.1 Dismantle the movable parts of the major equipments.
6.1.2 Affixed ‘To Be Cleaned’ label and transfer the movable parts to the respective washing
area.
6.1.3 Clean the major equipments (Mixers, Granulators, FBDs, Compression machines,
Coating pans) which are immovable at the place of their installation as per their respective
cleaning procedure.
6.1.4 Affixed a ‘Cleaned’ label to the clean equipment.
6.1.5 Assemble the cleaned and dried equipment parts to the equipment after ensuring that
equipment is cleaned and dried.
6.2 Cleaning of accessories
6.2.1 Transfer the accessories (Scoops, spoons, spatulas, sieves, bowls etc) to the respective
washing area.
6.2.2 Scrub them with nylon brush using max liquid solution 15% v/v.
6.2.3 Wash with sufficient De-Ionized water until free from froth.
6.2.4 Finally rinse with purified water.
6.2.5 Dry the accessories with dry duster.
6.2.6 Wrap the cleaned and dried accessories in new polythene cover.
6.2.7 Affix a ‘Cleaned’ label.