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Method Verification Requirements for an Advanced Imaging System for Microbial Plate Count Enumeration

David Jones and Tony Cundell
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology March 2018, 72 (2) 199-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2017.007955
David Jones
Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc., Lowell, Massachusetts and Microbiological Consulting, LLC, Scarsdale, New York 10583, USA
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Tony Cundell
Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc., Lowell, Massachusetts and Microbiological Consulting, LLC, Scarsdale, New York 10583, USA
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    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Historic Background to the Development of the Plate Count Method
    • Plate Count Method Limitations
    • Technical Background of the Advanced Imaging System Used in the Growth Direct™ System
    • General Description of the Growth Direct™ System
    • Universality of Blue Light Excitation and Green Light Emission for the Detection of Micro-colonies
    • Selection of Media and Membrane Filters for Microbial Enumeration for Bioburden Determination and Environmental Monitoring
    • Advantages of the Growth DirectTM System over the Plate Count
    • Regulatory and Compendial Guidance for the Validation of Alternative Microbiological Test Methods
    • Review of the Validation Parameters and Their Appropriateness for the Growth DirectTM System
    • Recommendations for the Method Verification of the Growth Direct™ System
    • Errors Associated with Colony Counting Procedures
    • Method Suitability Tests
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