QCNW Liverpool External Services Team undertake microbiological and physical environmental monitoring at customer sites predominantly in Merseyside and Cheshire.
Testing is performed in a range of environments:
- Clean Rooms including Pharmacy Aseptic and Radiopharmacy production units
- Pharmaceutical Isolators
- Unidirectional flow cabinets
- Microbiological Safety cabinets
- Specialist IVF laboratories and Theatres
- Pharmaceutical compressed air lines
Tests performed include:
- Microbiological sampling- Active air samples, surface samples and settle plates.
- Airborne particle count classification (ISO14644-1)
- Recovery rates
- Airflow velocities
- Airflow visualisation
- Pressure differential measurement
- Airflow volume measurement and calculation of total air changes.
- Measurement of temperature, humidity, sound and light.
- HEPA filter Integrity testing (ISO14644-3)
- Microbial sampling and quality testing of compressed air systems
All testing is performed in compliance with the requirements of EU GMP Annex 1, ISO14644 and other associated clean room standards and guidance.
QCNW Liverpool has UKAS accreditation for airborne particle counting, HEPA filter integrity testing and microbiological environmental sampling/processing of results.