Validation Microbiologist

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Job description

1. Baseline Monitoring

• Working to existing protocol, take samples throughout the facility, prepare and incubate isolates.
• Train a small team in sample collecting, incubation, basic morphology, and gram staining
• Carry out morphology tests and identification and subsequent gram staining
• Carry out preparation of pure samples for external speciation
• Assist us with writing the final report, likely taking the lion's share of the work as we are not experienced in the appropriate contents required

2. Disinfectant Validation

• Prepare and incubate as required pure cultures from those we purchase, standard compendials.
• Prepare and incubate as required any specific cultures (as yet not speciated due to time constraints) that appear in our baseline monitoring and are not covered by the compendial isolates.
• Carry out the coupon testing against three disinfectants including all dilutions etc. A protocol exists
• If of course we have failures we will need to revisit parts of the exercise
• Write the final report

3. In operation/at rest monitoring as part of the cleaning validation and ongoing

• Check our SOP for active air sampling, use of machine and post-processing
• Incubate and isolate samples as with the baseline monitoring

4. Growth promotion testing of any batches of agar plates

• Preparation of pure cultures or use existing (from Biomerieux Bioballs) to test plates and any broths. Protocol exists

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