Environment monitoring
Merck Millipore offers a wide range of effective active air monitoring solutions for pharmaceuticals and food industry. Since the industrial environmental hygiene standard is directly related to the microbiological safety of manufactured products, we can reassure you that our designed solutions for active microorganism sampling from air are highly accurate and reliable. Merck air sampling equipment enables customers to choose the technology that suits them best. Air samples are taken with Merck systems where standard petri dishes or special agar stripes and cassettes with the medium can be used. It is also possible to choose cost-effective systems for use in the food and beverage industry, for testing sterile production areas and isolators, explosive environments or compressed gases.
Air particle measuring instruments
Air particle counting is a very important indicator in high-risk food production and clean room monitoring programs. Particle measurement information is needed to assess air quality in controlled rooms, such as food or pharmaceutical production, which must comply with ISO 14644, GMP and EU Annex 1 requirements. Merck air particles counters meet JIS B 9921: 1997 and ISO 21501 standards. They are made of stainless steel or plastic with stainless steel components. APC ErgoTouch and APC ErgoTouch Pro 2 are recommended for disinfection and meet the most stringent hygiene requirements.
Active air monitoring
The portable and battery-operated MAS-100 Atmos® device is designed for failure-safe and accurate sampling of pre-selectable compressed gases.
- Easy to handle including graphical user guide on touch screen.
- Fully automated flow regulation per gas type by a mass flow sensor and pressure sensor.
- Fully automated decompression cycle.
- Software fully integrated in instrument and manageable via web-browser on touch screen.
- Compliant to 21 CFR Part 11.
- Individual hardware key for login.
- Sample data as barcode on touch screen for using barcode readers.
- It is used in air monitoring, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceutical.
The portable and battery-powered MAS-100 NT® device is designed for standard indoor biomonitoring.
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Developed according to GAMP 5, fully validated according to ISO 14698 and EN 17141.
- Can be used in ISO 14644-1 cleanroom class 5/GMP Grade A without air outlet filter.
- Disinfectable with vaporized and gaseous hydrogen peroxide and many industry-standard disinfectants.
- Perforated lids are autoclavable and interchangeable.
- Compatible with different nutrient plates, e.g. ready-to-use 90mm standard or 55mm contact plates.
- Additional safety through the integration of a HEPA air outlet filter that can also be retrofitted and replaced independently
- Integrated mass flow sensor with temperature and pressure compensation for environment-independent air sampling
Passive air monitoring
Passive air monitoring using petri dishes is the ideal choice for non-critical environments. This method is also known as sedimentation or deposition method and used for semi-quantitative count of micro-organisms in the air. Merck Petri dish allows you to monitor the microbiological air pollution throughout the entire production process. Each dish is marked with a data matrix bar code, a catalog number, a batch number, a serial number and expiration date. Petri dishes are stored at room temperature.
Personnel and surface monitoring
Merck offers a variety of solutions for personnel and surface monitoring. The aim is to ensure that production facilities are clean, and to reduce the risk of product and process contamination. These are agar media, contact plates with the medium ready to use, swabs – each suitable for different types of surfaces. For personnel and surface monitoring, Merck offers the following products:
- Contact plates. Merck ready to use contact plates are ideal for testing clean rooms, isolation rooms, and non-critical surfaces. You can choose contact plate with neutralizers which neutralize a broad spectrum of antibiotics and disinfectants, making it possible to test sanitised dry surfaces.
- Hycon® contact plates. Hycon® contact plates are a great choice for microbiological testing of smooth and rough surfaces.
- Swabs and plates. Merck swabs and plates are ideal for microbiological testing in hard to reach places.
- HY-RISE® test strips. HY-RISE® test strips are a great tool for surface cleanliness inspection.
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