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Microbial Assessments "101"
• Remain objective - Resist
jumping to early conclusions
• Ask many questions
• Perform visual assessments
& measure environmental
conditions
• Microbial sampling?
• Gather information & develop
a hypothesis
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Assessing Microbial
Contamination
• Nature of contamination
• Sources of contamination and moisture
• On-site Assessment
• Visual inspection for moisture sources and
microbial amplification sites
• Direct-read instruments
• Microbial sampling / laboratory analysis
• EXPERIENCE & COMMON SENSE
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