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Environmental Monitoring in Controlled Areas

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This article is in preparation.

The topic is planned and the article has not been written yet. Nothing on this page is published technical guidance.

What it will cover

This article will examine what environmental monitoring covers in controlled areas: nonviable particles, viable air and surface sampling, differential pressure, temperature, and humidity. It will also look at how monitoring points are selected, how alarms and data logging are planned, and why these decisions belong in design.

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