Importance of HEPA Filter Testing

HEPA filters are used on supply air systems to maintain the cleanliness of the air in critical areas and on extract systems to remove toxic materials from the air. They are designed to remove airborne fine particles (dust), pollen, and aerosols from the air.

Providing clean, particulate free air in its place, high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters require regular HEPA filter testing and maintenance to ensure efficiency, to keep your critical system working effectively.

All of your filter testing requirements, including HEPA filter testing, maintenance, and replacement for all kinds of ventilation systems, including clean rooms and more, can be fulfilled by HTA Instrumentation Pvt Ltd.

Importance of HEPA Filter Testing

HEPA filters are found in the ventilation systems of clean rooms, especially those used for pharmaceutical operations requiring a GMP cleanliness grade of C or above, and in the majority of micro electronics production facilities. They are utilized in a range of important applications. Additionally, they are utilized in hospital settings for “ultra clean ventilation” operating rooms, pharmacy aseptic clean rooms, patient isolation facilities, and mortuary extract systems.

HEPA filters help to protect your product, your people and your environment.

• Product protection HEPA filters installed to protect a product or process are likely to require compliance testing to ensure quality control standards or regulatory compliance, and in the case of pharmaceutical products they need testing in accordance with MHRA Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) regulations.
• Every six months HEPA filter testing is required for some critical applications, however in most cases an annual qualification is sufficient.
• Personal Protection HEPA filters installed to protect people from a toxic airborne particulate will often fall under the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations.
• These will require statutory performance testing at least annually, and high risk category work such as that performed in microbiological safety cabinets will require testing every six months.
• Environmental Protection While the production processes that produce hazardous powder, radioactive substances, or biological risks can be harmful to the environment and the general population, testing for your product and your employees are worried about the particulate that may be able to enter your clean environment.
• These situations necessitate filtering emissions before discharging them into the atmosphere. An annual test and inspection is typically sufficient for environmental protection.

At HTA Instrumentation Pvt Ltd, we have the knowledge and experience to carry out filter testing for a wide range of needs.