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Back to Basics Best Practices for Plating Techniques used with Growth Promotion Testing

Back to Basics Best Practices for Plating Techniques used with Growth Promotion Testing

by Microbiologics | Apr 12, 2022 | Pharmaceutical, Water

When performing Growth Promotion on new batches of media, one of three plating techniques can be used: Spread Plate, Pour Plate, or Membrane Filtration. Each method aids in enumeration of the cells in the inoculum, but each is different in technique. Below we offer...
Preparing for an Audit with Environmental Monitoring Processes

Preparing for an Audit with Environmental Monitoring Processes

by Microbiologics | Feb 28, 2022 | Pharmaceutical

It’s the laboratory event no one looks forward to: an audit. Undergoing an audit doesn’t have to be scary, however. After all, you’ve got the basics down, like media storage and proper documentation for your samples. You also know what organisms you are going to...
Who Cares About the Growth Promotion Testing?

Who Cares About the Growth Promotion Testing?

by Microbiologics | Oct 21, 2021 | Pharmaceutical

Growth Promotion Testing (GPT) is so foundational to Microbiological product safety that it can be easy to overlook. Most industrial microbiologists understand the importance of GPT, but this critical test is sometimes performed incompletely and inconsistently. A...
Best Practices for Growth Promoting of Media Used in Tests for Burkholderia cepacia complex

Best Practices for Growth Promoting of Media Used in Tests for Burkholderia cepacia complex

by Microbiologics | Sep 13, 2021 | Pharmaceutical

Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) organisms are consistently a leading cause for microbiological recalls in the United States when contamination is identified. Requirements for Bcc testing were officially added to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter...
Top 5 Success Strategies for Picking the Right CRO Partner

Top 5 Success Strategies for Picking the Right CRO Partner

by Microbiologics | Aug 3, 2021 | CRMO, Pharmaceutical

When it comes to pre-clinical and clinical research in drug and therapy development, there are several areas of responsibility where sponsors may outsource key functions to a Contract Research Organization (CRO). The reasons vary, but the top two are cost...
The Public Health Crisis of Antimicrobial Resistance

The Public Health Crisis of Antimicrobial Resistance

by Microbiologics | May 14, 2021 | Clinical, Molecular, Pharmaceutical

What if the latest tech device had all the bells and whistles everyone wanted and was far better than anything currently being sold, but the marketer was told he could not sell it until all the previous versions of his device had broken? And then, he had to sell his...
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