Engineering Framework for Risk-Based Autoclave Steam Sterilization Cycle Design: A GMP Validation Methodology for Complex Mixed Loads in ADC Biopharma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798905101595)

Most autoclave validation programs document that a cycle passed. An FDA Pre-Approval Inspection asks something harder: why was it designed this way, and what happens when conditions change?

EU GMP Annex 1 (2022) and ISO 17665-1:2024 both require science-based sterilization cycle development for complex mixed loads. Neither provides a reproducible engineering method. The peer-reviewed literature confirms this gap is real and consequential - sterilization failures from residual non-condensable gases and inadequate air removal remain among the least visible risks in sterile drug manufacturing.

This manual is the method those documents do not provide. It covers thermodynamic mapping, pressure-temperature correlation as an air-detection diagnostic grounded in Dalton's law, master load design, wireless individual item mapping, edge-of-failure testing, and F₀ lethality analysis each step explained with its engineering basis, not just its procedure. The author developed and applied this framework at a biopharmaceutical oncology facility producing an FDA-approved drug product. It went through a federal inspection.

It held up the method works on any GMP autoclave, at any facility. Built for engineers who need to defend their decisions, not just report their results.