Hands-on training & performance verification improves pathogen detection.
Data collected from environmental sampling of surfaces is highly dependent on the operator.
Understanding and quantitatively characterising the percent recovery and consistency of sample collection by an operator drives improved detection and prevention of pathogens.
Performance verification involves determining the percent recovery and consistency of an operator who collects samples in an environmental sampling program.
Introducing Enverify™, a quantitative positive control for environmental sampling programs and comprises a flat substrate with a specific quantity of viable microorganisms coated on the surface. The microbes are safe-to-handle and are coated across a 10 cm x 10 cm area.
Enverify™ provides a standardised tool for hands-on training and performance verification of operators that collect samples in environmental sampling programs. Enverify™ is compatible with contact plates, swab sampling devices, and sponge sample devices.
Activities Involving Environmental Sampling:
- Environmental monitoring for pathogens or indicator organisms
- Sanitation verification using ATP or indicator organisms
- Verification of hygienic restoration following adverse events
- Verification of containment during construction activities
