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Preface |
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Part I Types of Filters |
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2. Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Membranes and Their Applications |
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3. Charge-Modified Filter Media |
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4. Prefilter Constructions |
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145 | (24) |
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Part II Filter Characterization |
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6. Quality Assurance of Filters for Fluid Clarification |
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169 | (12) |
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7. Pore Sizes and Distributions |
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181 | (18) |
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8. Extractables and Compatibilities of Filters |
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199 | (46) |
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Part III Utilitarian Considerations |
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9. Bacterial Biofilms in Pharmaceutical Water Systems |
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245 | (14) |
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10. Filtrative Particle Removal from Liquids |
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259 | (48) |
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307 | (66) |
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12. Sizing Microporous Membrane Filter Systems |
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373 | (46) |
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13. Filter Housing Materials and Surface Finish |
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419 | (16) |
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14. Filter Housings for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Applications |
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435 | (18) |
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Part IV Applications |
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15. Detection and Measurement of Particles in Pharmaceutical Liquids |
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16. Crossflow Ultrafiltration |
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493 | (40) |
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17. Protein Adsorption in Microporous Membrane Filtration |
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533 | (44) |
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18. Microbial Retention Testing in the Validation of Sterilizing Filtration |
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577 | (28) |
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19. Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assays and Filter Applications |
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605 | (14) |
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20. Filtration and the Removal of Viruses from Biopharmaceuticals |
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21. Aspects of Air and Gas Filtration in the Biopharmaceutical Industry |
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22. Air Filtration Applications in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
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685 | (40) |
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23. Sterility Testing with Membrane Filters |
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725 | (20) |
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24. New Membrane-Based Technologies for the Pharmaceutical Industry |
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745 | (38) |
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25. Prefiltration Technology |
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783 | (36) |
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26. The Filtration of Blood and Blood Fractions |
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Part V Regulatory Considerations |
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27. The Operation of the FDA: A Brief Summary |
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28. Validation of the Counting Accuracy of Particle Counters with the New Particle Counting Model |
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29. Validation of Filtrative Sterilizations |
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897 | (28) |
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Index |
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