Building, Validating & Maintaining Controlled Environment Facilities is Focus of Oct. 18th Seminar in Boston Hosted by Microtest Laboratories

AGAWAM, Mass. — Building, validating, and maintaining a controlled environment facility is the subject of a daylong seminar on Oct. 18, 2011, hosted by Microtest Laboratories at the MIT Endicott House in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Titled “Keeping It Clean? The Building Blocks of Facility Control,” the seminar will focus on the clean room testing, disinfection validation, and related contamination testing issues that arise from manufacturing of medical devices or pharmaceuticals, as well as sterile compounding in hospital pharmacies.

In each seminar program, industry experts will present practice advice and sound solutions in an interactive format that will encourage a high level of engagement by participants for questions, answers and discussion. The topics will include:

• Killing The Bugs Without Killing Yourself: Disinfectant Qualifications
• Feeling Like A Fish Out of WFI?: Water System Validation and Maintenance
• Got A Lot On Your Plate: Clean-room Validations and Maintenance
• The Old In & Out: Considerations On Insourcing vs. Outsourcing

“Keeping It Clean? The Building Blocks of Facility Control” will be presented 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at the MIT Endicott House, 80 Haven Street in Dedham, Mass., just outside of Boston. Registration and a complimentary continental breakfast is at 8 a.m. Lunch will be served at Noon. The cost is $149 per person and includes meals, refreshments, and workshop handouts.

To register or for more information, visit the Microtest Laboratories website athttp://www.microtestlabs.com/seminar/index.asp. Or, contact Julie Adamski at 413-786-1680, toll-free at 1-800-631-1680, or at jadamski@microtestlabs.com.

About Microtest Laboratories

Microtest Laboratories is a leader in controlled environment facility testing, laboratory testing, and contract manufacturing services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Based in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA, the company provides expertise and flexible processes that enhance product safety and security, accelerate time to market, and minimize supply chain disruption. For more information, visit http://www.microtestlabs.com or call 1-413-786-1680 or toll-free 1-800-631-1680. Follow Microtest Laboratories on Twitter @MicrotestLabs at http://twitter.com/MicrotestLabs.

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Microtest Labs Expands Clean Room, Contamination Testing Services

AGAWAM, MASS. – April 22, 2009 – Microtest Laboratories (www.microtestlabs.com) has added new technology and professional staffing to expand its position as a proven, one-stop provider of contamination and clean room testing services for manufacturers of medical devices or pharmaceuticals.

Microtest helps manufacturers maintain control of their controlled environment to ensure regulatory compliance as well as to achieve greater productivity. Microtest assists manufacturers to identify, assess and resolve a wide range of clean room and environmental contamination problems while ensuring little or no process disruption or downtime.

Microtest’s environmental services group is comprised of highly trained microbiologists with extensive experience applying modern testing technologies in all varieties of clean room and other controlled environments. Their work meets or exceeds applicable clean room testing requirements for regulatory regimes including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Union (EU) Annex, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Microtest offers the following testing and support services:

• ISO certification and clean room validation, to any ISO Class required, for all controlled environments, including clean rooms, laminar flow hoods, biological safety cabinets, compounding aseptic isolators, and fume hoods.
• HEPA filter repair, replacement, and installation for all controlled environments including clean rooms, laminar flow hoods, biological safety cabinets , compounding aseptic isolators, and fume hoods.
• Viable sampling, including evaluating for contamination of aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, surface testing and analysis, active air sampling, and collecting passive air samples. In-house MicroSeq® DNA-sequence-based analyzers provide results as fast as 24 hours to speed isolation and elimination of the source.
• Nonviable air particulate sampling and testing to ISO 14644 guidelines, the EU Annex, or both.
• Disinfection validation, including dilution testing, phenol coefficient testing, sporicidal testing, and germicidal testing.
• Gowning validation as well as assistance with developing and demonstrating proper gowning procedures.
• DNA-sequence-based microbial identification utilizing in-house MicroSeq® Microbial Identification Systems for fast, precise and reliable bacteria, mycoplasma, and mold identification.
• Compressed air/gas testing, including nonviable air particulate testing; compressed air testing for aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal organisms; and testing for hydrocarbons and water vapors.

For more information about Microtest Laboratories’ complete offering of contamination and clean room testing services for manufacturers of medical devices or pharmaceuticals, visit Microtest at BIOMEDevice in Boston, April 22-23, 2009 at booth no. 1023. Or, visit the Microtest website www.microtestlabs.com, or call 1-800-631-1680.

About Microtest
Microtest is a leader in testing services and contract manufacturing for the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology industries. Based in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA, the company's expertise and flexible processes enhance product safety and security, accelerate time to market, and minimize supply chain disruption. For more information, visit www.microtestlabs.com or call 1-413-786-1680 or toll-free 1-800-631-1680.

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