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James Zellner, Microbiologist and Technical Sales Representative What Growth Media is Appropriate for Specific Uses? There are dozens of different types of microbial growth media available to Microbiologists, developed for a wide variety of purposes.  The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) references many of these to demonstrate the quality of both compounded drug products and the control of compounding

Andrew Taylor, ARL Bio Pharma Microbiology Supervisor USP <795> Pharmaceutical Compounding – Non-sterile Preparations states compounders are responsible for minimizing patient harm resulting from multiple issues, including excessive microbial contamination in nonsterile drug products. The chapter directs compounders to USP <1163> for recommended quality control tests, including USP <61> Microbial Enumeration Tests and USP <62>