Environmental and Personnel Monitoring

This test includes incubation/observation of media and microbial identification for Environmental Monitoring plates.

Growth Promotion demonstrates that media used in environmental monitoring programs, media fills, or personnel qualification are capable of supporting microorganism growth.

Articles:

• Growth Media Differences
• Growth Promotion Testing

This test identifies microorganisms isolated during different phases of manufacturing and quality testing to the genus/species level using DNA sequencing.  Microbial Identification is also critical in a Sterility Out-of-Specification investigation, and useful information during Bioburden testing.

Articles:

• How Does Microbial ID Benefit Your Pharmacy?
• Microbial Identification
• Prevent Future Sterility Failures by Identifying Contaminating Microorganisms