Rapid at-line pharmaceutical cleaning verification using a novel light induced fluorescence (LIF) sensor.

A novel light emitting diode (LED) array-based light induced fluorescence (LIF) sensor is presented as an analytical methodology for at-line cleaning verification within the pharmaceutical industry. This sensor differs from conventional LIF sensors through the ability to dynamically control both the LED excitation array and detection parameters, enabling the exploitation of the optical power and detection sensitivity to rapidly detect trace concentrations of residual drug. This feature makes this sensor an ideal alternative to conventional cleaning verification analytical methodologies.