Is cleanroom monitoring and cleanroom certification the same thing?

No. Cleanroom certification involves checking the room for various parameters to ensure that it has been built according to the proper requirements set out in ISO 14644. The room is also routinely retested to confirm continued success of the original standards the building was built to achieve.

On the other hand, cleanroom monitoring applies a broader approach – helping to show trends in particles and airflow in day-to-day processes. Continued monitoring can help pinpoint potential issues that are starting to occur or are getting worse – allowing the management to fix the protocol, filter or equipment issues that would affect future certification results and or product yield.