Abstract
Choosing a viable air monitoring system to test for microbiological contamination in aseptic isolators can be complicated and there are a number of important factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Our experts will cover the essential points of air sampling units for use in your aseptic isolator, along with requirements for surface and air sampling media including ISO 14698 compliance.
Key Topics
- Instrument selection tips and selection criteria for air samplers used in isolators
- Regulations
- Calibration
- Connectivity
- Regulatory requirements for environmental monitoring culture media
- Gamma-irradiated contact and settle plates for isolators and cleanrooms
- Improved methods for media transfer into isolators
- IsoBag™ for convenient transfer of sterile media to your isolator
Speakers

Anne Grit Klees
Merck
Global Product Manager Environmental Monitoring
Anne Grit Klees is lead expert and portfolio manager in the environmental monitoring segment of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Anne-Grit received her PhD in Microbiology at Philipps University Marburg in 1992. She has more than 25 years of experience in managing instrumentation and consumables for microbial testing in pharma, food and beverage industries. Her focus is air and surface monitoring in cleanrooms and isolators, with expertise in regulatory, technical and user requirements. She is always involved in innovation projects to improve our customers experience with new and compliant solutions.

Tony Ancrum
Merck
Global Product Manager Environmental Monitoring
Tony Ancrum is a Global Product Manager Environmental Monitoring at Merck. He is responsible for air samplers, hygiene detection methods and applications and environmental monitoring. He joined the Merck team in 1996 as part of the R&D team in charge of Instrumentation design for Hygiene. He holds a B.Sc. in Electronics.
Microbiological testing
- Viable air monitoring
Duration:1h
Language:English
Session 1:presented September 12, 2019
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