Expert Profile
Jim Polarine
Senior Technical Service Manager, STERIS Corporation
Mr. Polarine is a senior technical service manager at STERIS Corporation. He has been with STERIS Corporation for seventeen years. His current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. He has lectured in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America on issues related to cleaning and disinfection in cleanrooms. Mr. Polarine is a frequent industry speaker and published several PDA book chapters and articles related to cleaning and disinfection and contamination control. He is active as co-chair on the PDA’s microbial investigations task force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on Cleaning and Disinfection. Mr. Polarine graduated from the University of Illinois with a Master of Arts in Biology. He previously worked as a clinical research coordinator with the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis, MO and as a biology and microbiology instructor at the University of Illinois. His main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.
Trainings by Expert
Designing an Effective Cleaning and Disinfection Program for Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Cleanrooms
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Medical Devices
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Biotechnology
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Quality and Safety
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Contamination Control
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Life Sciences
Validating Disinfectants for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Operations
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Biotechnology
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Testing and Validation
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Quality and Safety
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Supply Chain and Manufacturing
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Contamination Control
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Life Sciences
Troubleshooting Microbial Excursions in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Operations
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Biotechnology
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All FDA Regulated Industry
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Quality and Safety
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Supply Chain and Manufacturing
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Contamination Control
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Technologies and Processes
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Life Sciences
Contamination Control 101 in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Clean rooms
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Medical Devices
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Biotechnology
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Quality and Safety
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Laboratory
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Contamination Control
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Life Sciences
Solutions for Addressing Fungal and Bacterial Spore Outbreaks in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Operations
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Medical Devices
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Biotechnology
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All FDA Regulated Industry
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Quality and Safety
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Supply Chain and Manufacturing
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Contamination Control
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Quality & Safety
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Life Sciences
Understanding Disinfection and Cleanroom cleaning in a FDA Regulated Environment
Category:
All FDA Regulated Industry
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Quality and Safety
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Life Sciences
Best-selling cGMP/Regulatory/Compliance Training CDs for the Microbiology Lab
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Biotechnology
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All FDA Regulated Industry
Understanding Disinfectant Qualification Studies - How to avoid errors
Category:
All FDA Regulated Industry
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Quality & Safety
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Life Sciences
Gaining and Re-Establishing Control of Your Cleanroom
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Quality and Safety
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Life Sciences
Contamination Control in Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Device Cleanroom
Category:
Drugs and Chemicals (Pharma)
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Medical Devices
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Biotechnology
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Laboratory Compliance
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All FDA Regulated Industry
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Quality and Safety
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Sterilization
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QMS, ISO 13485, CAPA
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Supply Chain and Manufacturing
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Laboratory
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Contamination Control
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GLP & Other Best practices
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Drug Development
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Quality & Safety
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Drugs Regulations
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Biotech Regulations
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Life sciences QA/QC
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Regulations & Guidances
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Life Sciences
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Regulatory Affairs
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QA/QC
