Microbiology for non-microbiologists

This is a 2 day vitrual training course

26th November 2024 - 27th November 2024

£1345.00

Who Should Attend? Anyone who works in a sterile product manufacturing operation or non-sterile operation where microbiology is controlled but who is not directly involved in microbiology or is new to this area.

Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

Understand the basic principles of pharmaceutical microbiology. Be able to understand how microbiology is of a concern to your manufacturing processes.

Understand the main sources of microbiological contamination. Be able to constructively participate in microbiological risk assessments. Understand how to effectively reduce microbiological hazards and contamination within your facility.

Review microbiological data and understand the methods of analysis control within the cleanroom.

Micro requirements for sterile and non-sterile product manufacture.

Appreciate the importance of microbiological data and control in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacture.

Reading micro-organisms on Agar plates. Monitoring methods: sampling methods, isolation and counting. Interpretation of microbiological data. Gram positive and gram negative bacteria, and gram staining. Bacterial identification (bacteriologyand mycology). Spores and spore forming microorganisms.

Be able to participate in out-of-specification investigations & Implement control measures