Tag Archives: pharmaceutical microbiology
How to avoid contamination in your biological safety cabinet (BSC)
Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) serve two main purposes: Protect your samples from contamination by external [...]
Aug
Objectional Organisms and costly product recalls
Objectional organisms are the main contributor for recalls. Pharmaceutical microbiologists have the great responsibility of [...]
Feb
The importance of monitoring environmental isolates
Tracking and trending environmental isolates is a growing concern for pharmaceutical companies, since objectionable organisms [...]
Dec
ProtoCOL 3 Automated Colony Counter – Fast, Accurate, Reproducible
As all microbiologists know, counting bacterial colonies manually can be a monotonous and eye-straining task. [...]
Apr
Ready-to-use ‘Starved Cells’ for GPT of R2A agar
If your lab is following the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP), you will be familiar with the [...]
Apr
Active Air Samplers: Why you need one in your lab
Active air samplers: Why you need one in your lab Increasing regulation around environmental monitoring [...]
Sep
World Food Safety Day
The inaugural World Food Safety Day, which is June 7th 2019, is supported by the [...]
Jun
What are auditors looking for in growth promotion testing (GPT)?
Microbiologics have published a new post highlighting the best practices that auditors look for when [...]
Mar
Should you test for Burkholderia cepacia?
Why you should care about Burkholderia cepacia A recent article from Charles River “Why You [...]
Feb