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PDA 618.1 Environmental Monitoring Methods and Investigations – Looking for the Needle in the Haystack

Dec 02 - Dec 03, 2020
1:30 PM
-
3:30 PM
| Eastern Standard Time
Online
  • Virtual
  • Education
  • Online
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Overview

Learn environmental monitoring techniques and how to investigate excursions. When alert and action levels are exceeded, appropriate investigations are required. Firms need to thoroughly investigate these excursions to find the root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions (CAPA). This training course will help the attendee learn the techniques of environmental monitoring, how to conduct a thorough investigation as well as corrective and preventative actions to help mitigate another excursion.

Trainers

Tim Cser
Tim Cser
MilliporeSigma
Bio
Tim Cser
MilliporeSigma

Tim Cser is a Senior Technology Specialist with MilliporeSigma. Tim graduated in 1997 from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a degree in Microbiology with an emphasis on Industrial Microbiology. Tim started his career with Clorox working on antimicrobial effectiveness studies. He continued his career at Biolog where he gained 7 years of experience with microbial identifications. For the last 14 years, he’s worked at MilliporeSigma in a variety of roles involving Pharmaceutical/Biotech QC Microbiology. Tim has written a chapter in the PDA Environmental Monitoring book in addition to speaking and training at the PDA in Brazil.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify the different techniques used in environmental monitoring such as viable/non-viable sampling, surface sampling, swabbing, personnel monitoring and water testing
  2. Explain regulations associated with environmental monitoring
  3. Identify common errors in setting up and implementing an environmental monitoring program
  4. Investigate environmental monitoring excursions
  5. Implement corrective and preventive actions once a root cause has been established

Who Should Attend

This training course is intended for professionals who are involved in environmental monitoring methods and conducting Investigations.

Departments
  • Quality Control

Roles
  • Microbiologist

Registration Fees

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Registration Type Price
Member $400
Non-member $400
Gov't/Health Auth./Academic $400

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