Provider of Cleanroom and Contamination Testing Services Expands

Microtest Laboratories (Agawam, MA) has increased staffing in an effort to expand its contamination and cleanroom testing services. By assisting manufacturers to identify, assess, and resolve a range of cleanroom and environmental contamination problems, the company assists manufacturers in controlling their environments to ensure regulatory compliance.The company has also purchased an additional MicroSeq microbial identification system in order to double its microbial identification and analysis services. A DNA-sequence-based system that enables technicians to identify bacteria isolates that are not viable or easily identified, MicroSeq systems are beneficial for identifying microbes in medical device manufacturing applications.Microtest‘s environmental services group is composed of microbiologists with experience in applying testing technologies in cleanroom and other controlled environments. Their work meets or exceeds ISO, EU, and FDA cleanroom testing requirements.The company's services include ISO certification and cleanroom validation to any ISO Class required for all controlled environments; HEPA filter repair, replacement, and installation for all controlled environments; and viable sampling to evaluate contamination by aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms. In addition to surface testing and analysis and active and passive air sampling, it performs nonviable air particulate sampling and testing to ISO 14644 guidelines, the EU Annex, or both standards. Disinfection validation, gowning validation, DNA-sequence-based microbial identification using in-house identification systems, and compressed-air and gas testing are also part of the company's offerings.