James N. Polarine, Jr., MA

Senior Technical Service Manager
STERIS Corporation

Mr. Polarine is a senior technical service manager at STERIS Corporation. He has been with STERIS Corporation for twenty-three years. His current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. Mr. Polarine is a 2019 PDA Michael S. Korczynski Award recipient. Mr. Polarine is a frequent international industry speaker and published several PDA book chapters and articles related to cleaning and disinfection and contamination control. He is active on the PDA’s COVID-19 Task Force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on Cleaning and Disinfection and Technical Report #88 on Microbial Deviations. Mr. Polarine currently teaches the cleaning and disinfection course as part of the PDA Aseptic Processing Course, IEST, and at the University of Tennessee Parenteral Medications Course. Mr. Polarine is the current President for the PDA Missouri Valley Chapter and Vice President of Membership for the IEST. His main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.

Presentation(s):

• 1: A Disinfectant Field Trial that Meets Annex I Guidance

  Monday, September 27, 2021
  11:00 – 12:00 EDT

• 1: A Disinfectant Field Trial that Meets Annex I Guidance

  Tuesday, September 28, 2021
  11:00 – 12:00 EDT