Mapping Environmental BiologyTanya Davis, Assistant Statistician, Perrigo
Janet Hay, Microbiologist, Perrigo
Pharmaceutical companies are expected to perform environmental monitoring in non-sterile manufacturing facilities for quality control purposes. One of the ways Environmental Monitoring evaluates the state of facility hygiene is by performing periodic testing of the ambient air for bioburden. Bioburden is the levels of viable particles, i.e. microorganisms such as mold and bacteria, in an area.
JMP gives tools present a comprehensive view of the overall bioburden in each area. The Graph Builder and Custom Map Creator Add-In are used to make a heat map of bioburden levels. Then the dashboard can display each period’s bioburden next to the long term trend of results. The dashboard can also be sent to individuals who do not have JMP software on their computers. The viewer can click on a room and see the trend for that room highlighted. Specialized laboratory software programs exist that are able to map biological data, but JMP gives me this functionality in a program my company already uses.
