Changing Trends in Microbiology

There are plenty of microbiologists employed in the medical engineering. The production and research of the medicinal aids and other health supplements is done in a microbiology laboratory. Highly efficient microbiologists are engaged in the businesses where food material needs to be supplied to the people. The role of microbiologist in such industry is to make sure of the quality of the food. Foods that will last for a long time are easy to sanction. Also they provide the essentials to increase the productivity of food and quality packing to reduce the risks of spoiling the food and also to ensure the freshness of the food.

With the change in time, the responsibilities of an employee in the area of Pharmaceutical Microbiology have shifted from an uncertain tester to an uncertain risk evaluator. Microbiology is termed as the study of the organisms that are not visible with naked eyes. Some of such micro-organisms include fungus, protists and prokaryotes. All these are properly tested in terms of microbiology. The microbiology actually includes a wide range on functions such as virology, bacteriology, parasitological study, and much more. These are tested for the body’s immune system which is generally termed as immunology.

Likewise Pharmaceutical Microbiology is an expansion of microbiology. One can find a medical microbiology division in almost all the hospitals and research laboratories. In these labs all the clinical samples can be found such as swabs, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, feces, urine, blood, and contaminated tissues etc. All kinds of medical tests are performed on such samples and a report is generated that is imperative in identifying the cause of illness and the medication that will be the most appropriate one to treat the patient.

A microbiological lab of the hospitals and other medical centers may also consist of living parasites and viruses. Blood sampling, entire blood calculations and conclusions are done on the bases of parasites and viruses in a microbiology lab. In the recent times collecting large amount of data which was previously not researched or analyzed is done against the testing to calculate more effective protection measures.

After testing and researching on a sample an advanced evaluation is required under the Out of limits process. The conventional process and theories of testing and then retesting and again to obtain acceptable results is now termed as risk assessment in the present times. The types of risk assessments include assessment of imperativeness of Corrective and Preventive actions (CAPA) and generally evaluation of manage and asses to make sure that the first type of assessment do not take place for the first time as well. In simple words, taking prevention measures before it is time to cure it.

Risk evaluation tools in medication field is same as the risk analysis tools in other business which includes Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points aka HACCP (from Food industry), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis aka FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis aka FTA. The analysis involves a microbiologist to build extreme knowledge of the manufacturing system and procedures. A microbiologist is the one who is most able to offer a global view and to judge the effect of course and contagion risks, is too often found hidden in the laboratory.