Cleanroom Compliance

Train a VLM to monitor controlled environments for gowning violations, contamination risks, and procedural deviations in real time.

Cleanroom environment with personnel in full gowning and bunny suits working at stations

Cleanrooms in pharmaceutical manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication, and biotech facilities follow strict gowning and procedural protocols. A single gowning violation can contaminate a production batch worth millions. Compliance audits happen periodically, but violations between audits go undetected.

Datature Vi trains a model on your cleanroom camera feeds. You label frames showing correct gowning (full bunny suit, gloves, mask, booties) and frames showing violations (exposed hair, missing gloves, improperly sealed gown). The model monitors feeds continuously and flags deviations the moment they occur.

For regulated environments, this provides a continuous audit trail. The model generates timestamped records of compliance state, which your quality team can review alongside batch records.

For an interactive overview of this application, visit the cleanroom compliance use case on vi.datature.com.


Common applications

Task
What the model does
Gowning compliance
Verifies complete PPE: gown, gloves, mask, hood, booties
Procedural monitoring
Detects deviations from standard operating procedures visible on camera
Contamination risk flagging
Identifies exposed skin, hair, or improperly sealed garments
Audit trail generation
Produces timestamped compliance records from camera frames

Choose your task type

Approach
Best for
Output
Visual Question Answering (VQA)
Gowning compliance checks, yes/no protocol questions
Text answer: "No, the worker at station 2 has exposed wrists between glove and gown."
Phrase Grounding
Locating the person or body part with the violation
Bounding box around the non-compliant area
Freeform Text (JSON)
Structured compliance reports for batch documentation
JSON: {"compliant": false, "violation": "exposed_wrist", "station": 2}

Annotation examples

Image
Question
Answer
Fully gowned worker
Is this worker properly gowned for cleanroom entry?
Yes. Full gown, hood, mask, gloves, and booties are all visible and properly sealed.
Missing glove
Is this worker properly gowned for cleanroom entry?
No. The right glove is missing. The worker is handling materials with a bare hand.
Improperly sealed gown
Is this worker properly gowned for cleanroom entry?
No. The gown is not fully sealed at the neck. Skin is visible between the hood and gown collar.

Deploy and test

from vi.inference import ViModel

model = ViModel(
    run_id="your-run-id",
    secret_key=".your-secret-key.",
    organization_id="your-organization-id",
)

result, error = model(
    source="cleanroom_frame.jpg",
    user_prompt="Is every worker in this frame properly gowned for cleanroom entry?"
)

if error is None:
    print(result.result.answer)

Training tips

Use your facility's own gowning protocol: different cleanroom classifications (ISO 5, ISO 7, etc.) have different PPE requirements. Train on images that reflect your specific protocol.

Include partial compliance: the most common violations are subtle (exposed wrists, unsealed neck, mask below the nose). Include these edge cases prominently in your training data.

Cover all camera positions: gowning looks different from overhead cameras versus wall-mounted cameras. Include frames from every camera in your cleanroom.

Label with your SOP references: if your annotations reference specific SOP clauses ("SOP-201 section 4.2: gloves must overlap gown cuff"), the model learns the vocabulary your quality team uses.


Next steps

Structured Data Extraction

Return structured compliance reports for integration with quality management systems.

Phrase Grounding

Highlight the specific area of non-compliance for training and documentation.

Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Multi-step compliance checks: gown, then gloves, then mask, then hood.