PMF Newsletters
	Volume 15, Number 4  2009 Alfred Theodore MacConkey - Satish Rana Quality Control: Certified NRCM Workforce - Peggy McNult and Donald Singer Disposable Paper Towels vs Hot Air Dryers? - Scott Sutton
	Volume 15, Number 3  2009 Articles of Interest - 2008
	Volume 15, Number 2  2009 An Examination of the Sample Hold Times in the Microbiological Examination - Tim Sandle, Jennifer Roberts and Kerry Skinner How to Prepare Data for Statistical Analysis - David Porter PMF Puerto Rico Sessions - GMP, Validation and Investigations
	Volume 15, Number 1  2009 Importance of the Bioburden Test in Pharmaceutical Quality Control - S. M. Jobair Hossain Biological Indicators, D-Value and Population Verification/Assessment - Russ Nyberg PMF Puerto Rico Sessions - GMP, Validation and Investigations
	Volume 14, Number 12  2008 pH Measurements in the Microbiology Laboratory - Courtland Imel The Revised cGMP - 21 CFR 211 (effective December 8, 2008) Survey on PMF Services
	Volume 14, Number 11  2008 Development of TGO 77 - Microbiological Standards for Medicines - Scott Sutton Organizational Tools for the Microbiology Lab - Kathleen Zagaroli Recent and Upcoming Pharmacopeial Forum Changes of Interest Survey on PMF Services
	Volume 14, Number 10  2008 Reclassification of ATCC® 16404TM and ATCC® 9642TM as Aspergillus brasiliensis  - Jan Houseknecht, Elena Stamenova, Sung-Oui Suh, Brian Beck, Marian McKee, and Jim Zhou  What does this Reclassification of ATCC® 16404TM and ATCC® 9642TM Mean to the QC Microbiology Lab? - Scott Sutton Recent and Upcoming USP Microbiology Changes - Scott Sutton
	Volume 14, Number 9  2008 FDA and Investigations of Microbiological Data Deviations (MDD) - Scott Sutton
	Volume 14, Number 8  2008 Qualification of an Environmental Monitoring Program - 1. Selection and Justification of Sample Sites - Scott Sutton Questions from the PMFList
	Volume 14, Number 7  2008 Antibiotic Potency Assays as Described in USP Chapter <81> - David L. Gibbs Biological Safety Cabinets - Scott Sutton PMF Fall Conferences
	Volume 14, Number 6  2008 PMF Conferences During the First Half of 2008 New Chapters of Interest in the Pharmacopeial Forum Surface Sampling Methods for Bioburden - Scott Sutton
	Volume 14, Number 5  2008 Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) - The term and its definition continues to cause confusion in the industry - Gregg Mosley Brevundimonas diminuta is not always so diminutive - Growth conditions affect size - Julie Schwedock
	Volume 14, Number 4  2008 A Practical Example Arising from the Harmonization of the Microbial Enumeration Method for Water - Tim Sandle and Kerry Skinner Pathogen Recovery Through Effective Sampling Technology - Bruce Bradley, Ph.D., Kevin Church, Jared Maughan Letter to the Editor - Gary Jackoway
	Volume 14, Number 3  2008 Fundamental Elements of Cosmetic and OTC Drug Microbiological Quality - Phil Geis Bibliography - 2007
	Volume 14, Number 2  2008 Examination of Microbiological Quality of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials - Bomlies, Weiß and Beckmann Are All Identical Culture Collection Strains the Same? - Scott Sutton
	Volume 14, Number 1  2008 Microbiological Considerations For Sterilization Process Development - Anne F. Booth Harmonizing a Microbial Enumeration Method for Water - T.C. Soli  Featured PMFList Sponsor - Raven Labs
	Volume 13, Number 11  2007 Seed Lot Technique - Scott Sutton A Warning Letter about Process Control From the News Wire
	Volume 13, Number 10  2007 Some Considerations on the Use of Endotoxin Indicators in Depyrogenation Studies - Tim Sandle Validation of Microbial Recovery from Surfaces - Scott Sutton
	Volume 13, Number 9  2007 The Importance of Water Sampling - TC Soli Microbial Recovery Studies - 50% or 70%? - Scott Sutton The PMF Fall Conference Schedule 2008 PMF Conference Schedule
	Volume 13, Number 8  2007 Microbiological Aspects of Stability - Scott Sutton Biosafety in the QC Microbiology Laboratory The PMF Fall Conference Schedule Recent Hand Washing Articles of Interest
	Volume 13, Number 7  2007 Recent Announcements of Interest in Pharmacopeial Forum Effect of Membrane Filter Pore Size on Microbial Recovery and Colony Morphology Recent News Jobs
	Volume 13, Number 6  2007 A Practical Approach to Conducting Microbial OOS Investigations - Frank Settineri Microbiology in the Contamination Control Plan - Scott Sutton The LAL User’s Group is Back! Call for Abstracts - 2007 PMF Fall Forum
	Volume 13, Number 5, 2007 The USP Process - David Porter Who is a Microbiologist? - Scott Sutton Book Review Cleaning Validation (Destin A. LeBlanc)
	Volume 13, Number 4, 2007 Vitek 2 Compact: Its Use in a QC Microbiology Lab - Max Dolgopyat USP <1117> Microbiological Best Laboratory Practices - Scott Sutton 2007 PMF Validation Conference in Ft Worth, TX
	Volume 13, Number 3, 2007 Exactly…How Many! Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) - Janet Barletta Articles of Interest: 2006 - Scott Sutton The Open Conference Was a Great Success! PMF’s GMP in Microbiology Conference
	Volume 13, Number 2  2007 Cryopreservation of Bacteria - Liz Kerrigan Are Microbiologists Developing R2 Envy? - David Porter The New USP Chapter “<1072> Disinfectants and Antiseptics” - Scott Sutton
	Volume 13, Number 1  2007 A Practical Approach to Understanding and Controlling Biofouling in Liquid Transfer Equipment - Mark Fornalik How Do You Decide Which Microbial Identification System is Best? - Scott Sutton 2007 PMF Open Conference on Compendial Issues
	Volume 12, Number 12  2006 The Revision Process at the United States Pharmacopeia - David Porter Streaking for Single Colonies - Scott Sutton Q10 : Pharmaceutical Quality Systems PMF Newsletter Articles for 2006
	Volume 12, Number 11  2006 Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments - Anne Marie Dixon Microbiological Data Deviations - Scott Sutton 2007 PMF Open Conference on Compendial Issues  ANNOUNCEMENT 2006 PMF Fall Forum
	Volume 12, Number 10  2006 Understanding Water Activity - Anthony Fontana PMF Open Conference on Compendial Issues  ANNOUNCEMENT A Conversation with FDA about "Counting Colonies" - Scott Sutton The Bacterial Endotoxin Summit - San Francisco
	Volume 12, Number 9  2006 Counting Colonies - Scott Sutton The Purpose of Cosmetic Preservation - Phil Geis ATCC Standards Resource - Joe Parrone
	Volume 12, Number 8  2006 Microbial Identification by FAME - Jeff Little Measurement of Cell Concentration in Suspension by Optical Density - Scott Sutton 2006 PMF Fall Forum Announcement Book Review - Good to Great by Jim Collins
	Volume 12, Number 7  2006 How to Determine if an Organism is “Objectionable” - Scott Sutton Is the Time Right to Include Microbiology in USP Chapter <16> Automated Methods of Analysis? - David Jones The 2006 PMF Conference on GMPs in Microbiology The Three Monkeys - Renaud Jonquières 2006 PMF Fall Forum
	Volume 12, Number 6  2006 Review of The Parenteral Society and The Scottish Society for Contamination Control’s Risk Management of Contamination (RMC) During Manufacturing Operations in Clean rooms (Technical Monograph No. 14) - Eric Strauss Microbial Limits Tests The Difference Between “Absence of Objectionable Microorganisms” and “Absence of Specified Microorganisms” - Scott Sutton Who is in Charge of the Micro Lab? - MCSR Supplement 2 to USP 2006 Released  Harmonized Microbial Limits Chapters<61>, <62> and <1111> (effective August 1, 2007) <1072> Disinfectants and Antiseptics <1112> Application of Water Activity Determination to Nonsterile Pharmaceutical Products <1117> Microbiological Best Laboratory Practices <1223> Validation of Alternative Microbiological Methods
	Volume 12, Number 5  2006 Follow-up to April's RiboPrinter Article - Little, Sherriff & Sutton  Dupont's Guidance on Manual ID DNA Fingerprinting: Basic Principles of Data Analysis - Grace Thornhill Biological Indicators and Third Party Verification - Russ Nyberg 483s from 2005 - Richard Almond Book Review: Pharmaceutical Filtration by T Meltzer and M Jornitz
	Volume 12, Number 4  2006 The Harmonization of the Microbial Limits Tests; Absence of Specified Microorganisms - Scott Sutton The Importance of Data Analysis in DNA Fingerprinting - Jeff Little RMUG - Rapid Microbiology User's Group - Call for Subscribers Book Review - Quality Control Systems for the Microbiology Laboratory: The Key to Successful Inspections by Lucia Clontz (DHI Publications) 2001  ..
	Volume 12, Number 3  2006 The Harmonization of the Microbial Limits Tests; Enumeration - Scott Sutton 483 Alerts - Richard Almond The Bacterial Endotoxin Summit Microrite's BactiSpell 2006 - Ziva Abraham  Zipped Copy of Files 2005 Bibliography of Useful Articles
	Volume 12, Number 2  2006 Purified Water and WFI Alert and Action “Limits” - TC Soli The Gram Stain - Scott Sutton Mike Korczynski, a Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend - Roger Dabbah
	Volume 12, Number 1  2006 Quality Control of Microbiological Media - Scott Sutton PAT and Real Time Release - Is This Proposal Workable? an essay by "Microbiologists for Common Sense and Reason" (MCSR) Book Review - Endotoxins by K.L. Williams
	Volume 11, Number 2, 2004 USP Proposed Chapter "<1117> Good Microbiological Laboratory Practices"
	Volume 11, Number 1, 2004 Environmental Monitoring
	Volume 10, Number 2, 2003 Using Biolog Technology for Fungal Identifications
	Volume 10, Number 1, 2003 Development of Precise Quality Control
	Volume 9, Number 2, 2002 Sterilization and Sanitization - Are They Really Different?
	Volume 9, Number 1, 2002 Accuracy, Precision and Sensitivity of Microbiological Assays PMFList thread on QC of Environmental Monitoring Media
	Volume 8, Number 2, 2001 Failure Investigations, A Key Problem Area During FDA Inspections Still PMFList thread on media fills
	Volume 8, Number 1, 2001 Utilizing Environmental Monitoring Data to Implement a Cleaning and Disinfectant Program PMFList Thread on preparation and use of disinfectants
	Volume 7, Number 3, 2000 Salary Survey
	Volume 7, Number 2, 2000 Microbial Identification "A Mystery" BI Spore Strip Validation AAI Highlights Microbiology Seminar
	Volume 7, Number 1, 2000 Microrite Bactispell Software AAI 9th Annual Microbiology Seminar
	Volume 6, Number 4, 1999 Changes to USP Microbiology Chapters Poster Presentation - Comparison of Biolog and Vitek for ID of gram (-) bacteria in manufacturing
	Fall, 1999 - volume 6 number 3  USP Article Highlights of AAI Microbiology Seminar
	Summer, 1999 Validation of Biologics Highlights of AAI Microbiology Seminar
	Spring, 1999 Water Activity and Microbes USP Open Conference Y2K Compliance in a Microbiology Lab
	Winter, 1998 USP Open Conference PMF Survey Results Nanobacteria
	Fall, 1998 Internet Resources for the Pharm. Worker 7th Annual Microbiology Seminar
	Summer, 1998 Internet Resources for the Pharm. Worker 7th Annual Microbiology Seminar Microbial ID Systems Survey
	Spring, 1998 Considerations and Limitations of Isolation Technology and Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide
	Winter, 1997 1997 Salary Survey
	Fall, 1997 The Microbiology BBS Regulatory Issues Associated with QC Microbiology Laboratories Computer Validation
	Summer, 1997 USP Workshop AAI Microbiological Attributes Seminar Pharmaceutical Microbiology Internet Sites Benchmarking Survey Results Salary Survey
	Spring, 1997 Regulatory Compliance Issues in the Microbiology Laboratory International Harmonization of Sterility and Antimicrobial Effectiveness Tests Interpharm Harmonization Meeting of the EP, JP and USP, Barcelona, Spain Highlights of the PDA 1996 Annual Meeting
	Winter, 1996 Microbiological Requirements for Stability Studies Japan Regulatory and Compendial Issues Environmental Monitoring Pharmaceutical Microbiology in Japan
	Summer, 1996 The Microbiology BBS USP Microbial Requirements USP Sterility Testing BET Microbial Purity
	Spring, 1996 Summary/Review of USP's Open Conference held in Ft. Myers, FL January 11-13, 1996
	Winter, 1995  (date on header incorrect) Summary of the 1995 AAI Microbiology Series Cleaning Validation Validation of a WFI system
	Summer, 1995 Summary of the 1995 AAI Microbiology Series Container Closure Testing
	Spring, 1995 A Microbiologist on a cleaning validation team Results from purified water survey
	Winter, 1994 Answers to survey in summer issue
	Summer, 1994 Review of 1994 PMF Annual Meeting Sterility Failure Investigations
	Spring, 1994 Purchasing a new autoclave Biological Indicators
	October, 1993  Formation of PMF Irradiated vs. non-irradiated RODAC plates