of Automated Growth-Based RMM

DISCOVERING THE POWER

Realizing the Problem

PART 1:

Webster, a Microbial QC Lab

Technician, needs to perform

an environmental monitoring

test near his company’s

production line. He uses

the traditional colony

enumeration method

as he’s done for years.

He first collects samples from

the production line and prepares

samples for incubation.

Then he loads the samples into

the first incubator at 22° C.

Once the specified time has passed,

Webster transfers the samples into

the second incubator at 32° C.

At the end of the assay, he removes the samples

from the second incubator and spends hours

manually counting and recording colonies.

Discovering a Solution

PART 2:

Frustrated with the time and energy he spends

on colony enumeration, Webster researches

rapid microbiological methods (RMM).

He discovers automated, growth-based RMM,

a method that saves time by automating the

tasks he already performs.

Citing the method’s efficiency and economic benefits,

Webster convinces his company’s senior management

to invest in automated, growth-based RMM equipment.

Using an Automated,Growth-Based RMM

PART 3:

Webster once again carries out an environmental

monitoring test, this time with the aid

of automated, growth-based RMM.

He collects and prepares samples using the same

procedures he used with the compendial method.

He then loads the samples

into the automated technology

which manages the incubation

and enumeration.

While Webster works on higher

value activities, the automated

technology handles the transfer

of samples for serial incubation.

Final results are

automatically

recorded and

uploaded to

the LIMS for

Webster and

other stakeholders

to view.

Realizing the Savings & Benefits

PART 4:

With fewer repetitive

tasks to perform,

Webster and his

colleagues can spend

more time on analysis

and intervention.

Miscounts, misplaced sam-

ples and data entry errors

are all but eliminated with

an automatic system, ulti-

mately creating fewer in-

vestigations.

Miscounts, misplaced samples

and data entry errors are all but

eliminated with an automatic

system, ultimately creating

fewer investigations.

Miscounts, misplaced sam-

ples and data entry errors

are all but eliminated with

an automatic system, ulti-

mately creating fewer in-

vestigations.

LINES

TESTING COSTS

Increased testing efficiency allows

for improved lab response to

new production lines.

Miscounts, misplaced sam-

ples and data entry errors

are all but eliminated with

an automatic system, ulti-

mately creating fewer in-

vestigations.

Automated, Growth-based RMM can have a profound effect on company-wide operations.

Results in about half the time

Fewer out-of-specification investigations

Easier long-term trend analysis

Non-destructive test

Reduced product losses

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