Pharmaceutical microbiology : essentials for quality assurance and quality control

Pharmaceutical Microbiology: Essentials for Quality Assurance and Quality Control presents that latest information on protecting pharmaceutical and healthcare products from spoilage by microorganisms, and protecting patients and consumers. With both sterile and non-sterile products, the effects can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Sandle, Tim (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing Limited, [2016]
SeriesWoodhead Publishing series in biomedicine ; no. 80.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780081000441
0081000448
0081000227
9780081000229
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Introduction to pharmaceutical microbiology
  • 2. Microbiology and pharmaceuticals
  • 3. GMP and regulations
  • 4. Laboratory management and design
  • 5. Microbiological culture media
  • 6. Microbiology laboratory techniques
  • 7. Bioburden determination
  • 8. Specified and objectionable microorganisms
  • 9. Microbial identification
  • 10. Assessment of pharmaceutical water systems
  • 11. Endotoxin and pyrogen testing
  • 12. Sterilization and sterility assurance
  • 13. Biological indicators: Measuring sterilization
  • 14. Antibiotics and preservatives
  • 15. Cleaning and disinfection
  • 16. Cleanrooms and environmental monitoring
  • 17. Rapid microbiological methods
  • 18. Risk assessment and microbiology
  • 19. Manufacturing and validation
  • 20. Microbiological data
  • 21. Auditing the microbiology laboratory
  • 22. Microbiological challenges to the pharmaceuticals and healthcare.