Growth Promotion Testing

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

Benefits of growth promotion testing:  

  • Reduces risk of false negative results if media does not support growth
  • Reduces risk of false positive results if media is contaminated (negative control sample required)
  • Ensures media used in environmental monitoring provides an accurate representation of environmental control in compounding areas
  • Meets FDA and USP microbiological growth media requirements
  • Verifies media vendor's certificate of analysis