GE offers cost-effective way to analyse water
CheckPoint Pharma sensor can be hand-carried to any point in a water system
The enhanced CheckPoint Pharma on-line/portable Total Organic Carbon (TOC) sensor from GE will make it easier to monitor and analyse water samples in the pharmaceutical industry.
The CheckPoint Pharma instrument, designed by GE Power & Water’s analytical instruments unit for the pharmaceutical industry, has a standard operating procedure that meets minimum United States Pharmacopeia (USP), European Pharmacopeia (EP), China Pharmacopeia (CP) and Indian Pharmacopeia (IP) specifications. It can also be hand-carried to any point in a water system for rapid diagnostic sampling and troubleshooting.
According to Stephen Poirier, vice president of business development for the analytical instruments unit of GE Power & Water, the CheckPoint Pharma satisfies a wider range of pharmaceutical applications and needs.
‘CheckPoint Pharma’s online performance, combined with its light weight, small footprint, battery operation, fast analysis time and affordability, are unmatched in the marketplace,’ he said.
The CheckPoint Pharma can measure TOC in hot (up to 90°C) or ozonated water and will operate at ambient temperatures up to 55°C. It has a dynamic range of 0.21 to 1,000 ppb and provides three analogue outputs for simultaneous TOC, raw conductivity and temperature measurements to support regulatory requirements. New USB printer support provides an affordable way to meet 21CFR Part 11 compliance, says GE. All backup sensor data is stored in memory and users can define a date range for faster data downloads. Standard operating procedures are provided for installation qualification (IQ), operation qualification (OQ) and performance qualification (PQ) to simplify sensor validation.
GE Power & Water’s analytical instruments unit also offers the CheckPointe for microelectronics and power applications. CheckPointe provides a wider 0.05 to 1,000 ppb operating range for more sensitive environments where hot and ozonated samples are not common.
Both sensors allow users to adjust data output intervals from 15 seconds up to eight hours.
GE says they are easy to operate, require little maintenance and use the firm’s direct conductometric (DC) TOC technology that measures more organic compounds than competing DC technologies.