<div dir="ltr">Hi Joe<div>       I might be wrong but the ISO Standards are primarily for manufacturing facilities. As for a </div><div>research lab, I do not believe extra spending and huge increase in paperwork can not be </div><div>justified.</div><div>       My recommendation would be to take the 3 day class clean room protocols and then </div><div>implement them. At one point our former Technical Director Noah Clay was reporting that our</div><div>iso quals in the lithography was .5 ISO higher than the room was rated(There was no adjustment</div><div>of air flow to accomplish this). This was totally done through proper daily/weekly/month cleaning </div><div>procedures.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM Joseph Losby <<a href="mailto:joseph.losby@ucalgary.ca">joseph.losby@ucalgary.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2381125002890827422">




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Hello.</div>
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Is your cleanroom facility ISO certified?  <span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">What are your reasons for having or not having ISO certification?  Are there any particular changes you have had to make to your facility
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The costs appear to be substantial, and we are still deciding whether or not we should go this route.</div>
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Cheers and thanks for your replies,</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Joseph Losby, PhD.</span></div>
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