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If workers at pharmaceutical plants are going home every day to "casual" attitudes about sanitation, they are much more likely to have these same "casual" attit
by PhantomGremlin 12y ago
If workers at pharmaceutical plants are going home every day to "casual" attitudes about sanitation, they are much more likely to have these same "casual" attitudes at work. If they're not worried about things like "night soil", they probably aren't worried about contamination at work, either.
It's easy to have problems making pharmaceuticals. It's bad enough in the USA, I'm sure its worse in third world countries. E.g. here's something that an FDA report said [1]:
Microbial contamination is a risk to biologic product
quality and safety. The cost of inadequate microbial
control in biologic product manufacture is enormous
as facilities or bioreactor production trains may
have to be shut down for lengthy periods of time
...
The recent cases of bacterial contamination of
biologic products suggest that preventative
maintenance plans ... need further attention.
Sorry, I know this is a horrible stereotype. But what happened to the "good old days" when the Swiss made our medicine?
[1] http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/UCM275353.pdf http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/UC...