Im currently re-evaluating the program at my company and the APC limits that we are adhering to. Right now we are doing zone 1 <100, zone 2 <100 and Zone 3 <100.
We are a near-pharmaceutical grade production facility (powders/liquids/encapsulation) and want to maintain tight standards however zone 3 keeps failing in routine areas (such as right at the entrance to a production room). I understand we want to catch zone 3 before it spreads, but having the same standards for zone 1 as zone 3 seems a little off to me. I dont want to just stop swabbing that spot knowing that it will fail (most recently got 220). We work with mostly plant materials and adhere to mostly "green" production (ie, we use simple green to do our cleaning and other environmentally friendly chemicals). Its also frustrating that if someone simply steps into a room or doesnt wipe a certain item on the wall, I am now dealing with corrective action reports. How absurd would it be for me to propose raising the zone 3 limit (im thinking 200 or 250), what limits have you seen in similar production facilities? Thanks, have a great week yall!