PDA's hands-on course works through building and running a risk-based airflow visualization study (AVS) for sterile manufacturing — three days, –, in Bethesda, MD, with lab activities alongside the classroom sessions.
Date and format
- Date: 18-20 November 2026, three days
- Location: Bethesda, MD
- Format: in-person, hands-on lab activities included
- Organizer: Parenteral Drug Association (PDA); course code PDA 802
What it covers
The course works through what it takes to plan and execute a risk-based airflow visualization study as part of a contamination control strategy: assessing interventions and operator movement near critical zones, applying the relevant regulatory requirements, and accounting for facility design. PDA aims it squarely at people working in sterile product manufacturing — laminar-flow hoods, conventional filling lines and barrier or isolator systems alike. For a related look at inspection-style scrutiny of a sterile-manufacturing program, PDA's Visual Inspection Workshop runs in Berlin the same autumn.
Who should attend
Quality, manufacturing-science and engineering professionals responsible for contamination control in sterile manufacturing, including those who plan, run or review airflow visualization studies as part of a facility's CCS. PDA's Annex 1 Implementation Workshop covers the wider contamination-control-strategy requirements this course's AVS work feeds into. The full events directory lists other PDA training courses and conferences we have verified.
Frequently asked questions
When and where does PDA's Airflow Visualization course (PDA 802) run?
18-20 November 2026, in Bethesda, MD. It is a three-day, in-person course with hands-on lab activities.
What does the course cover?
Building and executing a risk-based airflow visualization study (AVS) as part of a contamination control strategy — intervention assessments, the effects of movement near critical zones, relevant regulatory requirements and facility-design elements.
Who should attend?
PDA aims this course at people working in sterile product manufacturing — in laminar-flow hoods, on conventional filling lines, or inside barrier/isolator systems — who are involved in planning or running airflow visualization studies.
How much does it cost?
PDA's course page was not directly reachable this session and no registration price was confirmed in the sources reviewed. Confirm current pricing on PDA's own course page before registering.
Sources & further reading
- PDA. Risk-Based Approach to Airflow Visualization Training Course (PDA 802), 18-20 Nov 2026, Bethesda, MD. pda.org
Event details are published by the organizer and can change. Confirm date, venue and pricing with PDA before booking travel. Verified via cross-corroborated web search, not a direct fetch of the organizer's page — see provenance. Last verified 19 October 2026.
