Microbiological Monitoring for Surfaces - Switching from Swab to Contact Plates

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ilescasliz

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Hello,

Regarding the surface microbial monitoring.
Currently I'm using the SWAB technique, however I'm looking for changing to CONTACT (with RODAC plates) technique
Due are different methods, what would be the better way to demonstrate that both techniques can be use to carried out the monitoring.
I'm in a medical device industry, therefore I need to document any change performed in order to prove that any change will give us an equivalents results.
 
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Hello ilescasliz

Pls note that I have moved your question into a new thread and moved to this forum to get better responses.

I would suggest you to run a protocol and monitor your surfaces with both Swab and RODAC on at least 3 occasions and then compare the results.

On another front, both are pharmacopeal methods and should be acceptable.
 
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