Oil Exploration…in the Food & Beverage Industry In the 1970s,
the use of filtration in air quality management in
pharmaceutical production, hospitals, and medical device
manufacturing facilities became increasingly important and
increasingly of interest to regulatory agencies. The air quality
field was growing. From the air moving into and out of clean
rooms to the protection of surgical environments to the
expansion of the global medical drug industry, compressed air
began to play a larger role—a role that continues undiminished
(and, in fact, has increased substantially) today. This helped
spur larger growth in the compressed air field, including the
use of air testing, which was already expanding due to attention
in SCBA fire fighting and SCUBA diving air management and NFPA’s
work with healthcare facilities moving into the 1980s. However,
one of the key aspects of compressed air management rests in
understanding that there is a huge difference between how the
use of compressed air is overseen in pharmaceu