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Designing an Effective Cleaning Validation Program

Risk-based limits, visual residue identification, and digital process verification — with experts from Ecolab and Leucine.

Webinar October 2025 Co-Host
Online Hosted by Leucine & Ecolab

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About the Webinar

Thomas Altman (Ecolab) and Vivek Gera (Leucine) cover three pillars of modern cleaning validation: HBEL-based limit setting, visual residue identification, and ongoing process verification.

The session explains why dose-based limits are giving way to HBEL-driven maximum safe carryover values, how to set operational limits below the HBEL, and how digital tracking of cleaning process parameters can reduce routine sampling by up to 80%.

Key Themes

  • Setting operational limits below the HBEL — not at the threshold
  • Visual residue identification with operator training and EMA Q&A compliance
  • Digital tracking of flow rate, pressure, and temperature during cleaning
  • Risk-based sampling reduction using process capability scores

80%

Less Routine Sampling

HBEL

Risk-Based Limit Setting

CPP

Process Parameter Tracking

EMA + FDA

Regulatory Aligned

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Meet the
Speakers

Thomas Altman

Thomas Altman

Cleaning Validation Expert & Global Technical Manager

Ecolab

HBEL-based limit setting, visual residue identification, and ongoing process verification for cleaning validation

Vivek Gera

Vivek Gera

Founder & CEO

Leucine

Digital process verification, cleaning process capability scoring, and risk-based sampling reduction

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Key Takeaways

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Set operational limits well below the HBEL — leave room to detect trends and act before reaching the regulatory threshold.

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Dose-based limits are being replaced by HBEL approaches aligned with EMA Annex 15 and ISPE guidance.

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Visual residue limits must be identified through systematic studies — the EMA Q&A requires operator eyesight testing.

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Digitally tracking cleaning parameters (flow, pressure, temperature) turns cleaning from a black box into a data-driven process.

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