What is a cleanroom? A cleanroom is a controlled environment that maintains low levels of airborne particles. This is essential for industries where contamination can affect product quality, safety, and research outcomes. Cleanrooms are carefully designed to filter air and control humidity, pressure, and temperature to ensure a safe environment. They are used in various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, electronics, and aerospace, where even the smallest particles can compromise the integrity of processes and products.
Maintaining a cleanroom requires stringent standards and procedures, including specialized cleaning protocols and strict access controls. Cleanroom service providers like Prudential play a critical role in ensuring that these spaces meet regulatory standards and operate efficiently. This service includes supplying cleanroom-specific apparel and equipment that are expertly designed to prevent contamination.
For businesses requiring reliable and consistent cleanroom operations, high-quality apparel and support are essential. Prudential provides exceptional cleanroom service options, including top-quality apparel and accessories, to meet the demands of these types of work environments across multiple industries.
ISO Standardization
ISO classifications for cleanrooms provide essential standards for controlling air cleanliness in environments that require strict contamination control. These classifications, developed under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), are vastly important to industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, electronics, and aerospace, where maintaining specific particle limits is vital to creating a sterile environment, or one where microorganisms have been minimized to an acceptable level. Each classification is based on the maximum allowable number of particles per cubic meter.
The cleanroom classifications, ranked from ISO 1 to ISO 9, specify different levels of particle control needed for various processes. Lower classifications, such as ISO 1, allow fewer particles and are used in ultra-sensitive applications, while higher classifications permit more particles, so they’re suitable for less strict environments. Here’s an overview of the ISO classifications:
- ISO Class 1 – Ultra-clean (10 particles/m³; example: advanced microchip production)
- ISO Class 2 – Extremely clean (100 particles/m³; example: aerospace & high-tech uses)
- ISO Class 3 – Very clean (1,000 particles/m³; example: semiconductor & optics)
- ISO Class 4 – Highly clean (10,000 particles/m³; example: biotech & pharmaceuticals)
- ISO Class 5 – Clean (100,000 particles/m³; example: pharmaceuticals)
- ISO Class 6 – Moderately clean (1 million particles/m³; example: certain pharma uses)
- ISO Class 7 – Less strict (10 million particles/m³; example: hospital suites)
- ISO Class 8 – Controlled (100 million particles/m³; example: clean storage)
- ISO Class 9 – Lightly controlled (1 billion particles/m³; suitable for general production)
These classifications guide cleanroom design by setting particle limits, ensuring that each environment meets the necessary standards for contamination control and process quality. High-quality cleanroom garments and services are vitally important for preventing contamination in these spaces.
Cleanroom Solutions
Cleanrooms vary in size, but in order to achieve an industry standard for safe and secured processing, the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) advises that all cleanrooms adhere to a professional procedure to ensure the overall sterility and well-being of the work area. Cleanroom equipment, surfaces, and floors must be cleaned thoroughly. Employees must wear protective clothing and follow precise cleanroom gowning procedures before entering the work area.
Manufacturing, scientific, and medical industries generally utilize cleanroom services due to the complex nature of their processes, which often can be exposed to potential health and safety risks. Cleanroom services help provide a controlled environment to reduce possible contamination, which, in turn, would compromise the delicate manufacturing process.
Here at Prudential Overall Supply, we provide clients with cleanroom services and products to enhance the safety measures needed to process and perform more proficiently within a sensitive work area.
Prudential Cleanroom Garment Systems
Prudential’s cleanroom garments not only offer high contamination control but also provide enhanced durability and ease of maintenance. The garments are designed to withstand repeated use and laundering. We require the over-locking of cut or raw edges to eliminate any protrusion of the seams. In fact, our cleanroom polyester fabric is protected by any fraying or fiber separation through the encapsulation of our cleanroom fabric thread.
Also, our garments are designed with breathability and flexibility in mind, allowing employees to stay comfortable even during long shifts in controlled environments. We offer a wide range of size options for our cleanroom garments.
With features such as easy closures, adjustable fits, and specialized materials that reduce electrostatic charges, our cleanroom garments ensure both the safety and comfort of employees, which makes this apparel a dependable choice for various industries requiring precise contamination control.
POS Cleanroom Garment Process
We are committed to maximizing inventory life for our clients. In fact, we implement a rigorous and detailed inspection and processing for all of our provided cleanroom garments and products. To optimize effectiveness for a specific cleanroom environment, we adapt our cleanroom garment process to the individual needs of each client. Prudential garment professionals also examine and repair any damages or any minor distress of clothing that can impair the performance and safety of the cleanroom employee.
All Prudential Overall Supply facilities utilize ISO-controlled environments for rigorous cleanroom garment cleaning and processing. These processes include:
- Soil Inspection
- Incoming Garment Scanning within our Garment Tracking System (GTS)
- Priority Repair
- ISO Class 4 Washing
- ISO Class 3 Drying
- ISO Class 3 Packaging
- ISO Class 3 Quality Assessment
- ISO Class 7 Sorting and Distribution
- Outgoing Garment Scan within the GTS
Prudential is committed to providing first-rate cleanroom supplies and services. Feel free to contact us for more information.