Microbiology is an important area of research for the pharmaceutical industry. Microbiology becomes vital due to widespread involvement of microbes in various diseases. Subsequently, development of vaccines to diagnostic medical devices is directly or indirectly determined by microbiological studies.

Drug quality, safety and efficacy are the most important aspects of microbiological testing of pharmaceutical products. The presence of any pathogenic bacteria, yeasts, moulds or bacterial toxins produced by microorganisms is strictly regulated microbiology testing laboratories to ensure minimal or zero risk.

At the microbiology testing laboratories at Precise Analytics Lab., we conduct antimicrobial effectiveness testing of pharmaceutical products strictly as per pharmacopeia guidelines and using high-technology resources. Our microbiological testing lab is well equipped with Clean Room Partition, Air Handling Unit, Laminar Air Flow, Biosafety Cabinet, Deep Freezer, and more, to perform wide range of microbiological testing.

Tests carried out in our microbiology testing lab include:

• Non Sterile Formulations

  1. Microbial Limit Test as IP, BP, USP, EP, which includes microbial enumeration tests and tests for specified microorganisms as given below:
     • Escherichia coli
     • Salmonella
     • S. aureus
     • P. aeruginosa
     • Bile Tolerant Gram Negative Bacteria
     • Candida albicans
     • Shigella
     • Clostridium
  2. Antibiotic assay – one, two, three level as per IP, BP, USP
  3. Vitamin Assay – Vitamin B12, Calcium Pantothenate, Folic acid
  4. Antimicrobial Effectiveness Testing
  5. Lactic acid bacteria and other probiotic bacteria count

• Sterile Formulations

  1. Bacterial Endotoxins Test
  2. Antibiotic assay – one, two, three level as per IP, BP, USP
  3. Vitamin Assay

• Environmental Monitoring

  1. Environmental Monitoring at Facilities by Settle Plate, Air Sampling, Swab Test, Contact Plates.
  2. Testing of Compressed Air

• Water

  1. Water analysis as IP, BP, USP and IS specification
  2. Bacterial Endotoxins Test of Purified Water and Water for Injection

• Packing Materials

  1. Bioburden Determination of Packing Materials

• Disinfectants

  1. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Disinfectants

• Validations

  1. Microbial Recovery Validation
  2. Validation and Verification of Microbial Assay

Microbiological Testing of Food and Agricultural Products

In a world filled with microbes, species varying from beneficial to harmful to lethal for humans, there are ample opportunities for food products to be contaminated “from farm to fork”.

To ensure safety of food products, microbiological tests such as testing for pathogens and spoilage organisms are required. Through this, the risk of contamination under normal use conditions can be examined and food poisoning outbreaks can be prevented. Testing of food products and ingredients is important along the whole supply chain as possible flaws of products can occur at every stage of production.

Our well equipped microbiology testing lab and well qualified, experienced microbiologists ensure accuracy and reliability of results.

We carry out following microbiological tests in food products and ingredients across standard parameters recognised worldwide:

• Hygiene Parameters
  • Total plate count
  • Yeast and moulds
  • Microscopic analysis
  • Hygiene checks
  • Surface swab testing
• Safety Parameters
  Microbiological Testing for the presence of:
  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Listeria
  • Vibrio cholera
  • Vibrio paraheamolyticus
  • Pseudomonas
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Coliform
  • E. coli
  • Clostridium botulinum

Contact us and learn the best Microbiological Testing available for your sample at our microbiology testing lab.