Accurate Identification of Pharmaceutical Environmental Microorganisms Using VITEK® MS
Microbial contamination of pharmaceuticals poses a great problem to the pharmaceutical manufacturing process from both a safety as well as an economic point of view. Rapid and accurate identification of microorganisms may contribute to reduce cost and time linked to investigations and corrective actions.
Clearly, sterile as well as non-sterile pharmaceutical products should be free of harmful microbial species. What’s more, the financial impact of microbial contamination on the manufacturing process can be significant; from scrapping large amounts of high value finished product to all the costs and brand damage associated with a product recall.
