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   Clean-in-place
   Clean-in-Place (CIP) is a method of cleaning the interior surfaces of pipes, vessels, process equipment, filters and associated fittings, without disassembly. Up to the 1950s, closed systems were disassembled and cleaned manually. The advent of CIP was a boon to industries that needed frequent inte...
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   cleaning-in-place
   <procedure> Cleaning and sterilising a bioreactor system without dismantling it. ... (14 Nov 1997) ...
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