Literature Deposition of particles in cleanrooms and associated controlled environments

Standards and guidelines with respect to air and surface cleanliness and particle deposition rate:

1. VCCN Guideline 9 (2014). Particle deposition in cleanrooms and associated controlled environments. Netherlands Contamination Control Society VCCN, 3831 NV Leusden, The Netherlands.
2. Agricola, K (2014). Particle deposition monitoring – the missing link in contamination control, 45th R3Nordic symposium, Naantali, VIT Technology, 168, pp143-153.
3. Agricola K (2014) “Proposal for the classification of particle deposition,” ICCCS Symposium 2014, Seoul.

Particle deposition mechanisms:

1. Agricola K (2017) – Methods for keeping a product clean. DSPE Mikroniek 2017 vol 57-5 pp5-11 and Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 32, pp4-10.
2. Whyte W, Agricola K and Derks M (2016). Airborne particle deposition in cleanrooms: Relationship between deposition rate and airborne concentration. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 25, pp4-10.
3. Whyte W, Agricola K and Derks M (2015). Airborne particle deposition in cleanrooms: Deposition mechanisms. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 24, pp4-9.

Particle deposition and air cleanliness:

1. Whyte W and Agricola K (2018). Comparison of the removal of macroparticles and MCPs in cleanrooms by surface deposition and mechanical ventilation. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 35, pp4-10
2. W Whyte, T Eaton, WM Whyte, N Lenegan, S Ward and K Agricola (2017). “Calculation of air supply rates and concentrations of airborne contamination in non-UDAF cleanrooms”, European Journal of Parenteral & Pharmaceutical Sciences 2017; 22(4): 126-138
3. Whyte W, Agricola K ad Derks M (2016). Airborne particle deposition in cleanrooms: Relationship between deposition rate and airborne concentration. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 24, pp4-10

Particle deposition rate and contamination risk:

1. Agricola K (2017). The impact of cleanroom behaviour on contamination control, Pharm.Ind. 79, Nr. 1, 112-116 (2017).
2. Whyte W, Agricola K and Derks M (2016). Airborne particle deposition in cleanrooms: Calculation of product contamination and required cleanroom class. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 26, pp4-10.
3. Agricola K (2015). “Product Oriented Contamination Control (POCC)”, Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 24, p10-17.

Particle deposition monitoring:

1. Agricola K (2016). Real time obscuration monitoring, SPIE Optic and Photonics, San Diego, 9952-21.
2. Agricola K (2016). Monitoring macro-particles in a cleanroom, ISCC 2016 São Paulo, p107-112.
3. Agricola K (2016). Real-time Particle Deposition Monitoring of Operational Cleanroom Quality, Journal of the IEST, V.59.1 p1-13.
4. Agricola K (2015). Practical experiences in practical deposition monitoring. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 21, pp4-8.
5. Agricola K (2015). “Practical experiences in particle deposition monitoring,” ICCCS Symposium 2014, Seoul.
6. Duisterwinkel A (2013). Real-time measurement of particle deposition. Clean Air and Containment Review, Issue 15, pp16-17.
7. Agricola K (2012). “Determination of operational quality of cleanroom by particle deposition monitoring,” ICCCS Symposium 2012, Zürich.

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