Medvet invites applications
for funding in 2011 for Research
Fellowships in the following
three categories:
Oral Fluid Testing Accreditation
Section 2 accreditation achieved.
Urine Testing Accreditation
First to receive full NATA accreditation.
Drug Testing Kits
Professional, on-site drug testing kits.
DNA Testing Kits
Professional, on-site DNA testing kits.
Workplace & health Screening
Surface Hygiene Monitoring & testing
The Food and Environmental Laboratory has an established program for surface hygiene testing. Tests are performed in the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) endorsed laboratory by a team of highly trained and experienced analysts using the appropriate methods.
Methods
There are a number of options available for surface hygiene testing as follows:
PRO-Clean™
PRO-Clean is a quick and easy way to accurately monitor the cleanliness of surfaces to help ensure product quality. PRO-Clean detects protein residues left on a surface after cleaning. Simply swab a surface, release the reagent and if protein residue is present the reagent will turn purple. The colour change provides a semiquantitive measure of the surface cleanliness. The more contamination present, the quicker the colour change to purple and the darker the colour. PRO-Clean quickly validates the hygiene of a surface, allowing immediate corrective action to be taken if necessary.
Swabbing by Australian Standard Method
This "traditional" method involves swabbing an area with a sterile swab and transferring the swab onto a sterile nutrient agar dish. After 3 days incubation, any bacteria which have been transferred will grow and can then be counted. The Australian Standard Method suggests that 6 organisms/sq cm is an acceptable level of detection. All the materials, including sterile swabs, nutrient agar plates and saline, are provided at no cost.
