How to Handle Environmental Monitoring in Isolators - A rapidmicrobiology Podcast

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How to Handle Environmental Monitoring in Isolators - A rapidmicrobiology Podcast

Jun. 10, 2021

In this episode, Adele Gisselmann (Global Product Manager with Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany) describes the challenges of performing environmental monitoring in isolators, like manipulation with thick gloves and the effect of VHP, and explains how smart product design overcomes these challenges.

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Timestamps:
[0:40] - Differences between environmental monitoring (EM) in isolator and cleanroom
[2:05] - Performing EM with thick neoprene gloves
[2:53] - Handling air samplers
[3:38] - What impact does VHP have on EM?
[5:11] - Neutralization of VHP residues
[6:10] - Storing material for EM during the production run
[7:25] - Taking away swabs and plates safely after sampling
[8:05] - Guidance in Annex I?

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Adèle Gisselmann is Global Product Manager for Environmental Monitoring at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. She has three years of experience in technical support for process solutions at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and a background in the food and beverage industries and microbiology.