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(780) 450-3957
PBR Laboratories supports GMP facility environmental monitoring programs through laboratory incubation and growth assessment of client-submitted monitoring plates. Microbial identification is available where required by the program or to support an investigation.
Your facility collects monitoring plates under its own procedures. PBR receives the plates, incubates them under agreed conditions, examines them for microbial growth and reports the findings. Contact us before sampling so the laboratory work can be coordinated with your program.
Growth assessment records the findings from the submitted plates. Identification helps determine which microorganism was recovered. Agree the required identification level and any isolate retention needs before work begins. See Bacterial & Fungal Identification for further details.
Provide the plate type and medium, sampling date and time, site identifiers, collection method, requested incubation conditions, expected plate volumes and reporting requirements. Ask PBR to confirm accepted formats, packaging, transport, submission timing and any identification requirements before sampling.
Review the findings alongside your facility procedures, sampling history and investigation requirements. If a result is unusual, contact PBR promptly to discuss identification or further laboratory work while recovered growth may still be available. Your facility remains responsible for its monitoring plan, action levels and quality decisions.
Share your expected sampling schedule, plate volumes and reporting needs so laboratory receipt and testing can be coordinated. Contact PBR about routine submissions or a specific investigation.
Yes. This service supports client-submitted monitoring plates. Contact PBR before sampling to confirm that the plate type, medium and requested work are suitable.
Microbial identification is available where required. Agree the identification scope and required detail with PBR; achievable resolution depends on the organism and the applicable approach.
Identification requirements depend on your monitoring program, applicable requirements and investigation needs. Tell PBR what your procedures require so the work can be agreed in advance.
Confirm these before submission. Conditions and reporting timing depend on the agreed work, plate type and any additional identification required.
Laboratory results support your monitoring program and quality decisions. They do not, by themselves, certify facility compliance.
Discuss identification of recovered bacteria, yeasts and moulds and the detail your investigation requires.
Discuss air-specific analysis and suitable collection methods for your investigation.
Review the information and arrangements to confirm with the laboratory before collecting plates.
Understand the different questions answered by growth assessment, enumeration and microbial identification.
Review monitoring-plan context alongside the laboratory service for collected plates.
Connect routine facility monitoring and investigation needs with the appropriate laboratory service.
Contact PBR with your sample or product, testing objective and reporting needs. Confirm the appropriate laboratory scope and submission arrangements before sending material.