It is important to have a good understanding of your manufacturing process in order to implement effective controls to prevent future contamination. However, such analyses require the right instrumentation, specialized knowledge, and the expertise in order to be useful. Therefore, it is important to have a reliable and experienced partner to help you with your investigations.
Advantages of outsourcing foreign matter analysis include:
- Access to a wide range of analytical techniques and instruments: Foreign matter analysis requires specialized equipment that is not found in every laboratory. Often, contamination occurs in trace amounts (such as a single particle), which requires specialized handling and microscopic analysis techniques.
- Access to experience and expertise: Acquiring data from the instruments is one part of the analysis; using extensive databases, expertise, and prior experience to make sense of the results is another.
- Unpredictability of occurrence: Foreign matter contamination can occur at anytime, anywhere. Therefore, dedicating and maintaining instrumentation and full-time expertise specifically for this type of analysis can be costly and resource-inefficient.
