Online Webinar 2019 - Live Webinar 60 minutes Quality Control of Microbiological Media, Reagents and Test Kits

Overview
Many laboratories are unsure about which QC practices are needed and what criteria to use to assess the acceptability of the performance of analytical materials, to meet not only their requirements, but also to meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. During this webinar, we will discuss a practical QC approach for in-house prepared and/or commercially purchased media, test kits and reagents specifically applicable to microbiology laboratories.
Session Highlights
• Control Points
• Critical Control Points
• QC from purchase to disposal
• Performance Criteria
• Sterility
• Productivity
• Selectivity
Who will benefit
Microbiological bench analysts
QA managers
Laboratory managers/supervisors
QC practitioners
Speaker
Michael has a post-graduate degree from the University of Toronto, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 46 years, as a research scientist and Laboratory Director in both the public and private sectors. He currently operates as the President of Brodsky Consultants. He is a Past President of the International Association for Food Protection, the Ontario Food Protection Association and AOAC International. He serves on the AOAC Board of Directors, as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review Committee for Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC OMA and the AOAC Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and as a chapter editor on QA for the Compendium of Methods in Microbiology. He is also a technical assessor in microbiology for the Standard Council of Canada and Certified by Exemplar Global as a lead auditor/assessor for the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation.