Research Article

Quality-by-Design Principles Applied to the Establishment of a Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratory in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Lab Water

Table 4

Overall analytical quality of different water grades in JuLaDQ using different parameters.

#Water typeTypical chromatogramTotal peak area (mAU)UV-absorbance (AU)Conductivity (μS/cm) (resistivity in MΩ.cm)Water R ph. Int. Compliance
210 nm254 nm210 nm254 nm

1Tap water9243585200.6230.111503 (0.002)Did not comply
2Distilled water before cleaning8820671990.3990.1070.53 (1.9)NA
3Distilled water after cleaning4338435510.3170.0970.52 (1.9)Complies
4Ultrapure water722590.0980.0540.055 (18.2)Complies

NA: not applicable.