Introduction to Microbiology

20 March 2012, Reading, United Kingdom

Introduction

This course is designed specifically as an introduction to the important topic of pharmaceutical microbiology, it will review the impact of microbiology on many aspects of pharmaceutical manufacture and control. This course looks at the nature of micro-organisms, contamination sources and control, sterilisation and disinfection, and testing methodology (including modern counting and identification techniques). It will also cover some group aspects related to the microbiology laboratory.