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Topic Sop No. EQC029 Department Revision Number 00 Area Review Date
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Topic Preparation Of Culture Suspension SOP No. EQC029
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Area Microbiology Regulatory Area APL UNIT-V Review Date
REVISION SUMMARY
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1. First issue (Supersedes SOPMB044-07).
2. Periodic Review.
00 3. Note is included that the volume of culture suspension
preparation shall be changed based on the
requirement .
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Topic Preparation Of Culture Suspension SOP No. EQC029
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1.0 PURPOSE
To describe a Standard Operating Procedure for the preparation of culture suspension.
2.0 SCOPE
This procedure is limited to the preparation of culture suspension from weekly cultures
In Microbiology, APL, UNIT-V.
3.0 RESPONSIBILITY
Assistants and Executives shall be responsible for culture suspension preparation.
4.0 ACCOUNTABILITY
Head-Microbiology is accountable for compliance of the SOP.
5.0 PROCEDURE
5.1 Requirements
5.1.1 Pure culture slants
5.1.2 Micropipettes
5.1.3 Sterile pipette tips
5.1.4 Sterile Petri plates
5.1.5 Inoculation loop
5.1.6 Sterile 0.9% Saline
5.1.7 Vortex mixer
5.2 Take out the culture suspension bottle from the refrigerator stored at 2-8°C.
5.3 Using a sterile cotton swab / sterilized loop gently scrap the slant to suspend the
culture in 10mL sterile 0.9% saline and vortex properly (Stock Solution).
5.4 Keep back the culture slants in refrigerator at 2-8°C immediately.
5.5 Label the sterile 0.9% saline bottles with name of organism and dilution number and
perform serial dilution as below.
Vortex the suspension at each dilution steps.
1 ml from stock + 99 mL of saline 100 mL (10-2 dilution)
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5.13.2 Most frequently found isolates shall be selected for the first quarter for
routine testing.
5.13.3 If the isolate is already selected and used in the first quarter and the same
isolate again repeating as the most frequently occurring in next quarter, the
second most frequently occurred isolate shall be selected next for routine
usage.
5.13.4 For third and fourth quarter isolate shall be selected as first & Second quarter.
5.13.5 Frequency: In-house isolates shall be rotated on Quarterly basis.
5.13.6 Record the culture details in culture suspension preparation record with Name
of the isolate and ATCC number.
5.14 Label the selected dilution with the following details:
Name of the Organism :
ATCC No. :
Valid Up to :
Approx.No of CFU/mL :
Prepared on / by :
5.15 The selected dilutions shall be stored at 2-80C and use for three days from the date of
release.
5.16 Enter the details in format EQC029-F01.
7.0 REFERENCES
USP & EP Pharmacopoeias.
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MICROBIOLOGY
RECORD FOR CULTURE SUSPENSION PREPARATION
Dilution → Dilution
S. Used s To be
Name of the organism
No Culture T D Avg T D Avg T D Avg T D Avg T D Avg T D Avg T D Avg stored
Slant ↓
Staphylococcus aureus
1.
ATCC 6538
Pseudomonas
2. aeruginosa
ATCC 9027
Escherichia coli
3. ATCC 8739
Salmonella Sps.
4.
ATCC 14028
Clostridium sporogenes
5.
ATCC 11437
Bacillus subtilis
6.
ATCC 6633
Aspergillus brasiliensis
7.
ATCC 16404
Candida albicans
8. ATCC 10231
EM Isolate
9.
Water Isolate
10
Legends:SCDA – Soyabean Casein Digest Agar, SDA – Sabouraud Dextrose Agar,T - Test, D - Duplicate, Avg – Average, TNTC: Too numerous To Count, EM – Environmental Isolate
Remarks: Valid up to______________________
Reported by Checked by
Sign
Date
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MICROBIOLOGY
PREPARATION OF CULTURE SUSPENSION
Incubation conditions
S. No Name of the organism Diluent Name Name of the media
Temp.ºC Time
Staphylococcus aureus
1 0.9% Saline Soybean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 6538
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 9027
Clostridium sporogenes
3 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 11437
Escherichia coli
4 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 8739
Salmonella sps.
5 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 14028
Bacillus subtilis
6 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
ATCC 6633
Aspergillus brasiliensis
7 0.9% Saline Sabourouds dextrose agar 22.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 5 days
ATCC 16404
Candida albicans
8 0.9% Saline Sabourouds dextrose agar 22.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 5 days
ATCC 10231
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MICROBIOLOGY
PREPARATION OF CULTURE SUSPENSION
S. No Name of the organism Diluent Name Name of the media Incubation conditions
Temp.ºC Time
9 EM-Isolates 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
10 Water Isolate 0.9% Saline Soyabean casein digest agar 32.5 2.5ºC For ≤ 3days
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