If cleanroom garments become contaminated with silicone during cleanroom manufacturing, the contaminated garments should be segregated, placed in water soluble plastic bags and sent separately to the cleanroom garment laundry for remediation. Remediation of cleanroom garments uses aggressive wash chemicals and therefore shortens the life span of the cleanroom garment. Therefore, prevention of contamination through rigorous enforcement of cleanroom protocol is recommended.

This cleanroom tip was taken from “Please help us determine the source of the silicone contamination,” which appeared in the June 2012 issue of Controlled Environments.