Pharmaceutical Microbiology for Non-Microbiologists

At our Microbiology for Non-Microbiologists Training Course delegates will:
• Develop a sound understanding of basic pharmaceutical microbiology
• Be able to identify microbial hazards
• Learn how to reduce contamination
• Learn the requirements for sterile and non-sterile product manufacture
• Be able to constructively participate in microbiological risk assessments
• Be able to participate in out-of specification investigations
• Review microbiological data and understand the methods of analysis control
• Understand Gram positive and gram negative bacteria, and gram staining
• Identify Bacteria (bacteriology and mycology)
• Learn about Spores and spore forming microorganisms
• Read micro-organisms on Agar plate

The course provides an introduction to pharmaceutical microbiology and is applicable to anyone who works in a sterile manufacturing operation who is not directly involved in microbiology or is new to this area. This includes persons who review data but are not qualified microbiologists.

This two-day course combines classroom-based lectures with practical workshops in our approved MHRA laboratory, and aims to give delegates a solid introduction to microbiology in the context of pharmaceutical manufacture. Throughout the course, data interpretation will be practised and the consequences of misinterpretation discussed.