Difference between mix-up and cross-contamination

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Difference between mix-up and cross-contamination..

Answer / vishal d. shelke

A contamination is the introduction of an undesired substance (chemical, microbiological or other) into a starting material, intermediate or finished product.
A cross contamination is the introduction of a starting material, intermediate or finished product into another starting material, intermediate or finished product

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Difference between mix-up and cross-contamination..

Answer / dr pankaj kumar jain

Contamination is an English word which means presence of undesirable elements or matter. Contamination is of 2 types, self and cross. Self means product has been contaminated by product related impurities like different molecular weight impurities or different charge variants. Whereas cross means product has come in contact with foreign matter or particle, like bacterial or different product residues.
All together it's called Mixup.

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