New USP Guidance on Heat Sanitization: Keep Temperatures Below 80°C
USP concurs: SnowPure’s experience says that heat sanitization should be between 72-80°C: Heat kills most bacteria at 60°C, and kills essentially all bacterial above 65°C. Two common protocols have emerged for sanitizing validated high purity water systems: 72°C for 30-60 minutes (bacteria killed in seconds) 80°C for 15-30 minutes (bacteria killed in milliseconds) SnowPure’s HTS … Read more