Gowning Validation

Regulators require gowning validations in some industries but not in others. However, for controlled environments such as medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing areas, or in hospital pharmacies, experts strongly recommend validation of gowning technique for each person who enters the controlled space.

If garbing materials are donned in a nonaseptic fashion, increased risk of contamination is inevitable.

Having all employees undergo gowning validation ensures that each understands the correct gowning steps as well as the overall importance of the gowning process. Experience shows this is critical in preventing contamination and subsequent productivity problems.

Specialists from the Microtest environmental sciences group can come to your facility to help develop a gowning procedure appropriate for your specific workforce and workspace. Our technicians can then demonstrate proper aseptic gowning techniques directly to your team, and answer questions regarding the proper gowning required to enter your controlled environment.

Where appropriate, they can also explain the relevant microbiological science underlying particular gowning protocols. Our experience shows that employees are more likely to comply with good gowning procedures when they know the reasoning behind them.

Finally, our technicians can perform appropriate sampling of each individual to validate his or her gowning process. The results of these validations show who is gowning up properly, and who needs retraining to acquire correct aseptic gowning technique.