Stainless-Steel Preservation: Mitigating Rouge White Paper

Key Takeaways:

• Due to personnel, validation, disposal and other constraints, establishing a suitable stainless-steel preservation process for your facility is key.  
• Rouge mitigation measures should be selected based on the equipment type and consequent risk level.
• After your stainless-steel preservation and rouge mitigation process is established, it is important to periodically review your process to ensure continuous improvement.  
• Predictive modeling uses lab or in-line testing to evaluate the risk of a passive surface this is negatively impacted by the manufacturing process. This information can be used to develop routine or preventive cleaning with an acid detergent to ensure stainless-steel preservation.  
• For indirect or non-product contact surfaces, stainless-steel preservation remains necessary to reduce the risk associated with reactive cleaning.