Workshop leaders:
Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager,
STERIS Corporation
With STERIS Corporation for over 16 years, Jim's current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. He has lectured in North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Puerto Rico on issues related to cleaning and disinfection in cleanrooms. Jim is a frequent industry speaker and has worked on several books and article publications.
He is currently co-authoring several articles on the PDA technical report on cleaning and disinfection. Active on the PDA task force on cleaning and disinfection and the PDA task force on Microbial Investigations, Jim is also part of the faculty at the University of Tennessee Parenteral Medication course and has presented at key industry events for PDA, ISPE, NASA, SMI, IPA, AALAS, IVT, University of Tennessee, SWE, Isomedix, and Barnett International on cleaning and disinfection and contamination control.
Jim's main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.
Richard Chai, Technical Service Manager,
STERIS Corporation
As a Technical Service Manager with STERIS Corporation based in Singapore, Richard has been providing technical training in topics related to cleaning and bioburden control for cleanrooms, including disinfectant validation, as well as cleaning and cleaning validation for product contact surfaces, to customers in Asia.
Prior to joining STERIS, Richard has extensive manufacturing and validation experience working in dry powder inhaler plant, biotech sterile fill and finish plant, medical device and biopharmaceutical facilities. He has in-depth understanding of the requirements of cleaning and disinfection in cleanrooms, as well as best practices in bioburden control.
Richard has also worked as validation consultant providing validation support to various pharmaceutical customers in the area of equipment validation, cleaning validation for product contact surfaces, disinfectant validation, as well as cleaning procedures for both product and non-product contact surfaces.
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