Sneezing into the air, scratching your nose, or tucking your hair behind your ear are all rookie mistakes when it comes to cleanroom protocols. Even when every rule is followed, just having people in the sealed room can still mean your cleanroom is at risk. That’s why it takes a village to keep a cleanroom as sterile as possible. At Total Source Manufacturing, we’ve compiled the top three mistakes people make in a cleanroom environment.
Providing specially selected garments and apparel at the entrance to any sterile environment should be the first consideration for a cleanroom. This not only preserves the integrity of the cleanroom but it also protects the employees. Using personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleanroom garments, employees should have everything they need to be completely covered from head to toe to be safe at work.
Working with chemicals and solvents brings a specific kind of hazard common to all cleanroom workspaces - fire. The risk of an unexpected explosion or fire is the number one cleanroom safety hazard...
