Dead Leg at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Dead Leg? An area of entrapment in a vessel or piping run that could lead to contamination of the product. In a piping system, a non-flowing pocket, tee, or extension from a primary piping run that exceeds a defined number of pipe diameters from the ID of the prima

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