Colin Booth, vice president science and technology, will speak at Concept Heidelberg, Environmental Monitoring - Compliant and Reasonable course, being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-19 May 2006
During the event Colin Booth will give a presentation on isolator monitoring using real-life examples.
Isolators are now commonly used in microbiology laboratories to perform sterility testing.
This session will cover issues such as where to site your isolator, the regulatory validation requirements, the practical issues of physical and biological validation and routine use.
In his second session, Booth will take an in depth look at every aspect of air monitoring.
This will include the microbiological quality of air, the types of equipment available, regulatory requirements, how to choose sample locations, typical pharmaceutical flora and the frequency of monitoring in both sterile and non-sterile environments.
The final session given by Booth will focus on growth, isolation and identification of the micro-organisms collected in an environmental monitoring programme.
He will guide delegates in their choice of culture media for good microbial growth, as well as covering identification of isolates, validation of methods, rapid identification techniques, recovery problems and the value that identification to DNA level can bring.
In particular, this session focuses on how to get reliable, consistent results.
