Hand Swab standard limits

Hello everybody...

greetings...

i wonder if there is a basic standard limits for Staph. aureus and Coliform in hand swab microbiological analysis because i tried surfing the web but could not find any...

your support and feedback is highly appreciated...

regards.

Hello everybody...

greetings...

 

i wonder if there is a basic standard limits for Staph. aureus and Coliform in hand swab microbiological analysis because i tried surfing the web but could not find any...

 

your support and feedback is highly appreciated...

 

regards.

Hi A.Khamees,

It may depend on the context but for RTE handling workers, afaik, S.aureus (COP) is typically expected to be absent (ie not detectable).

For coliform see this general thread and maybe particularly post 9 -

http://www.ifsqn.com...ontact-surfaces

Some further comments also in this thread, eg Post 6, et al

http://www.ifsqn.com...-other-surfaces