Equipment

The staff of VTS Consultants possess many years of hands-on commissioning and qualification experience and comprehensive knowledge of current and developing regulatory requirements.  Our staff has a thorough understanding of the requirements of various governmental agencies such as the FDA, CBER, CDER, and the MHRA  in the United Kingdom.  Our experience in commissioning and qualification is found in, but not limited to, the following equipment and utilities:

• General Equipment
• Glassware and Vial Washers
• Hot Air Ovens
• Sterilization/Depyrogenation Tunnels
• ETO/ Steam Sterilizers
• Liquid Fillers
• Lyophilizers
• Ointment Fillers
• Incubators
• Environmental Chambers
• Cold Rooms/Freezer Rooms
• Filling/Packaging Equipment
• Powder Filling Machines
• Capsule Filling Machines
• Tablet Filling Machines
• Capping Machines
• Blister Packing Machines
• Form/Fill/Seal Machines
• Labeling Machines
• Bar Code Readers
• Vision Systems
• Computer Controlled Systems
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA)
• Process Area Manager (PAM)
• Building Automation and/or Management Systems (BAS & BMS)
• Biotechnology Equipment
• Bio-reactors
• Fermentation Systems
• Roller Bottle Filling Units
• Centrifuges
• Homogenizers
• Liquid Chromotography Systems
• Filtrations
• Utilities 
• Deionized Water Systems (DIW)
• Purified Water Systems(PW)
• Water for Injection (WFI)
• Clean-in-Place (CIP)
• Clean Steam
• Steam-in-Place (SIP)
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
• Compressed Air/Inert Gases
• Back Up Generators
• Laboratory Instrumentation
• General Laboratory Equipment
• Balances
• Bio-Hazard Hoods
• Hardness and Friability Testers
• Muffle Furnace
• Particle Counters
• Microbial Identification Units (MIDI)
• HPLCs, GCs and FTIRs
• Stability Chambers
• Solid Dosage Equipment
• Milling Machines
• Micropulverizers
• Sieves
• High Shear Granulators
• Blenders
• Mixers
• Fluid Bed Dryers/Granulators
• Tablet Presses
• Tablet Coaters
• Encapsulating Machines
• Imprinting Machines
• Medical Devices
• Material Test Equipment
• Lathes
• Ultrasonic Cleaners
• Medical Devices Assembly Processes
• Sterilization
• Packaging
• Cleaning Validation

VTS Consultants has provided not only cleaning validation execution, but also analysis of various facilities to help the client formulate a sound cleaning validation master plan and a process program for its implementation.  We have been involved with the evaluation of cleaning requirements for solid dosage, sterile pharmaceuticals and medical devices facilities and their associated equipment.  This included, but was not limited to, reactors, bulk solution tanks, tablet presses and liquid vial fillers.