Quality Control for Microbiological Media and Reagents.

Date: Tuesday, July

14th, 2015 || Time: 01:00 PM EDT | 10:00 AM PST

Duration: 60 Minutes || Course Level: Intermediate

'Live' Webinar by Michael

Brodsky

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Overview
The webinar will discuss best QC practices and procedures for verifying the suitability
and performance characteristics of microbiological media and reagents.
Why Should You Attend
Many laboratories are unsure about which QC practices are needed to assess media
performance, to meet not only their requirements, but also the requirements of ISO
17025 certification.During this webinar, we will discuss a practical QC approach for inhouse prepared and/or commercially purchased media and reagents specifically
applicable to microbiology laboratories.
Areas covered in the webinar

Control points
Define critical control points
QC from purchase to disposal
Sterility
Productivity
Selectivity
Learning objective

Upon completion of this session, attendees will learn:

To appreciate intrinsic and extrinsic factors which can affect the performance of tissue
culture media
To identify Control Points (CP) and Critical Control Points (CCP) in media quality
assessment
To develop appropriate Quality Control Practices for CCPs to evaluate the acceptability
of media and reagents for laboratory use

Who will benefit

Microbiological Bench Analysts

QA Managers
Laboratory Managers
Laboratory Supervisors
QC Practitioners
Analytical Support Staff
Laboratory Quality Development
Speaker profile

Michael has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 42 years.

He is a Past President of the Ontario Food Protection Association (OFPA),
the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) and AOAC
International. He serves as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review Committee for
Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC OMA and the AOAC
Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Method for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater and as a chapter editor on QA for the Compendium of Methods in
Microbiology. He is also a lead auditor/assessor in microbiology for the Canadian
Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) and is Vice-chair of the CALA Board of
Directors.