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Course offering number:0711-722

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Conducting Compliant Endotoxin Testing
Pre-recorded Course
AN ON-DEMAND ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT

Who Should Attend
This online training course will benefit professionals in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices industries, sterile pharmaceutical compounding and cellular and tissue therapy. This training is applicable to:

  • Microbiologists
  • Chemists and Managers
  • Supervisors
  • Quality Assurance
  • Technicians concerned with endotoxin testing in Quality Control departments
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Research and Development


  • The course will benefit both the experienced manager and the novice technician who wishes to understand the overall regulatory context of the test.

    Description
    The essential elements of the bacterial endotoxins test are addressed in this 11/2 hour course. Proper and appropriate inclusion of these elements in an LAL testing program will result in compliant testing. Performance of properly understood endotoxins tests benefits any company releasing products with endotoxin specifications and may avoid significant compliance problems.

    Module 1: General Principles and Introduction

  • The five essentials of endotoxin testing
  • The USP, EP and JP Harmonized Endotoxins Test Chapters
  • Prerequisites for endotoxins tests:
  • Apparatus and Glassware
  • Standard Endotoxin stock solution and dilutions
  • Preparatory Testing

  • Endotoxin Limits
  • Maximum Valid Dilution (MVD)


Module 2: USP Bacterial Endotoxins Test Requirements for Gel-clot and Photometric Techniques
  • Photometric Techniques
  • The Gel-clot method
  • Preparatory Testing
  • Gel-clot Limit Test
  • The Gel-clot Assay
  • Photometric Techniques
  • Preparatory Testing
  • Gel-clot Limit Test
  • Test Procedure



  • Module 3: Compliant LAL Tests and the FDA Guideline
  • Technician and Laboratory Qualification
  • Control Standard Endotoxin (CSE)
  • CSE potency determination
  • The USP position on CSEs
  • Certificates of Analysis (Potency)
  • When to repeat validation
  • Pooling Samples for Testing
  • Out of Specification Results and Repeat Testing



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