Verifying Compressed Air and Gas Safety in Medical Applications
Original article featured on Compressed Air Best Practices. Health care facilities utilize compressed air and gases in a variety of procedures for their patients. Regularly used i [...]
Preventing Carbon Dioxide Toxicity in Diving
Exposure to different levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) can affect the human body in a variety of ways. It’s important to have an understanding of the impact these levels can have and [...]
Compressed Breathing Air: Impacts of Oxygen Levels on the Body
Firefighters are constantly exposed to dangerous hazards while on the job. It’s critical that the air in their SCBA be free of contamination and safe to breathe. It’s important to [...]
How Firefighters Can Reduce Inhalation Risks
For many years, the consequences of not wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) were overlooked. Inhaling unseen toxic vapors, gases, and particulates can cause seriou [...]
ISPE Good Practice Guide and Compressed Air
Compressed air, also referred to as process gas, is used in many capacities in the pharmaceutical industry. Regular quality control testing plays an important role in the safety o [...]
Passing Your Compressed Air Analysis: Tips and Troubleshooting
Quality testing is an important control measure for any compressed air system. Particularly in the food industry, a variety of pitfalls exist that can cause compressed air tests t [...]
Compressed Breathing Air: Water Vapor Contamination
In our last blog on breathing air contamination, we discussed the dangers of Carbon Monoxide contamination. While CO is one of the most dangerous forms of breathing air contaminat [...]
Sampling Plans for GFSI-Required Compressed Air Monitoring
This blog outlines some questions you need to consider when establishing a routine monitoring program. How you answer the following questions will vary depending on the type of mo [...]
Compressed Breathing Air: Carbon Monoxide
The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide The dangers of Carbon Monoxide (CO) are well documented. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), each year more than 400 people die and 2 [...]
Microbial Compressed Air Sampling Explained
Compressed air has been referred to as the fourth utility and is a diverse tool that is used by many different types of manufacturers.The use of compressed air is essential to many [...]
Compressed Air System Risk Assessment: Do I Need to Test?
Compressed air is a critical utility that is widely used throughout the food industry. Many of the GFSI schemes like Safe Quality Food (SQF), British Retail Consortium (BRC), prim [...]
Compressed Air Systems: Causes of CO2 Contamination
A failed compressed air test can be a hassle, often leaving companies who thought their compressed air was contaminant free struggling to figure out what went wrong and how to cor [...]
The Seven Principles of HACCP Application: Compressed Air Systems
Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) HACCP is the internationally recognized preventative management system and is defined by the Food and Drug Administration as an ent [...]
NFPA 1989: A Look at Firefighter Health and Safety
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports that as of 2015 there were approximately 1,160,450 volunteer and career firefighters in the United States. When a firefight [...]
Food Safety Management Systems: Who Regulates Compressed Air?
The food industry does not currently have a universally accepted regulating body. There are many different regulating organizations, and food manufacturers may subscribe to one or [...]
The New SQF Code, Edition 8: Compressed Air Changes
Trace Analytics was honored to participate in the 2017 SQF International Conference. Thank you to everyone who met with us to discuss the changes to compressed air and gas testing [...]
How to Designate ISO 8573-1 Purity Classes
The designation of ISO 8573-1 Purity Classes for compressed air includes the specification name and edition date, followed by the purity class number(s) in brackets. The designati [...]
How to Sample for Particles, Water, and Oil
The International Food Safety & Quality Network (IFSQN) and Trace Analytics LLC detail the process involved with testing particles, water, and oil in compressed air or compres [...]
