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Welcome to Microbiology & Quality Associates
 Microbiology & Quality Associates, Inc., located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a service organization providing a variety of services to life sciences companies. Our services include: contract biotech development services, testing services, consulting, validation support, training, and scientific resources. MQA is FDA registered. Our Quality System comply with GXP regulations.
We provide services to a wide variety of companies in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, nutritional products, dialysis centers, semiconductors, and other industries.
MQA staff has many years of hands-on experience at pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Our philosophy is to do things right the 1st time, best science and best quality.
MQA has the right equation for you:
Top Quality, Solid Experience, Timeliness, Flexibility & Outstanding Customer Service.
MQA offers the following valuable services:
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• Environmental Monitoring
• Microbiology Testing
• Cleaning Validation Support
• Biotech Small Scale Process Development
• Validation Support
• Training Center
• Consulting
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Medical Device Companies
• Biological indicator sterility test (Steam, Radiation, Dry heat & ETO)
• Bioburden studies (AAMI and USP)
• Clean room sampling and validation (viable and
non-viable particulate air samplng, surface sampling,
personnel monitoring, clean room certification)
• Endotoxin testing by LAL method (Gel-Clot, Kinetic Turbidimetric and Kinetic Chromogenic)
• Gamma and E-Beam irradiation validation (AAMI)
• Package Integrity Testing
• Water Chemical Testing Nutritional Supplements
• Method development Microbial limit test and Pathogen screening (USP)
•Chemical sterilization D & Z value studies |
Cosmetics
• Aerobic plate count (APC)
• Fungi (yeast, and mold) plate count
• Anaerobic plate count (use only for talc's and powders)
• Screening test for total numbers of microorganisms present in used and unused cosmetics.
• Preservative efficacy test
• Pathogen screening
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Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies
• Environmental monitoring
• Microbiology
• Cleaning validation Support
• Package Integrity Testing
• Product testing
•Disinfectant studies (EPA certification, AOAC
and custom studies)
• Water Chemical Testing (TOC, conductivity, heavy
metals, nitrates, silica, chlorine, hardness)
•Cytotoxicity assays, cell proliferation assays,
cell based bioassays, ELISA assays
•Cell banking, cell culture services for mamalian
and bacterial cells
•Minimum inhibitory concetration (MIC)
•Minimum bactericidal conentration (MBC)
Virology services - disinfectant studies
Adventitious virus screening of cell banks, serum and cell harvest material,
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Nutritional Supplements
• Method development, Microbial limit test and
Pathogen screening (USP)
Textiles
Antibacterial finishes on textile materials per AATCC method 100-2004
Antimicrobial Coatings & Paints
Microbial resistance testing per ASTM D 24-06
UV Light studies
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MQA News
April 2012 MQA now offers Virology testing services.
MQA next Microbiology training course starts
May 21,
2012. Call MQA to reserve a seat.
Training
Class info.
MQA moved to Concord, California, our new contact information is:
2341 Stanwell Dr., Concord, CA 94520
Phone: (925) 270-3800
MQA opens PR office MQA Laboratories Caribe, LLC. in June 2011.
MQA next Microbiology training course starts July 11,
2011. Call MQA to reserve a seat.
March 2011, MQA provided hands-on aseptic processing training for over 200 employees in Puerto Rico with partner BioPharma Training services. Classes were in English & Spanish. if interested contact MQA.
March 1st 2010
MQA and Compliance Media Inc. joined forces to open The Life Sciences Training, Evaluation, and Research Center. LISTER is a full service training facility with training capability in for high tech and biotech training capability. Most classes involve data review with laboratory support and hands-on practice sessions.
October 5, 2009
MQA Training section start October 5th. Call MQA to reserve a seat.
June, 2009
MQA passed FDA inspection in June with no observations (no 483's).
June, 2009
MQA Training center is scheduled to start the 1st class in QC Microbiology in January 2009. Please contact MQA for more details.
December 3, 2008
MQA Training center is scheduled to start the 1st class in QC Microbiology in January 2009. Please contact MQA for more details.
November 30, 2008
MQA is expanding Biotechnology services. The company is providing cell culture small scale development services and cell-based bioassays. Please contact MQA for a complete list of biotechnology services.
September 10, 2008
MQA is now offering Chromatography column life cycle development and validation studies. MQA adquired a state of the art GE AKTA Explorer to provide protein purification cycle development and chromatography column life cycle development. Our Protein purification staff have over 10 years of experience working with different protein molecules and using the AKTA explorer.
March 19, 2008
MQA is now offering Mycoplasma PCR testing for cell lines and cell culture media. MQA PCR method is GMP validated.
Our validated method can detect different mycoplasma in 1-2 days.
October 2007
MQA is now offering bacteria identification using the Dupont RiboPrinter bacteria characterization system. MQA provides same bacteria identification 7 days a week.
Conferences
Juan Munoz, MQA President/CEO will be presenting at the following conferences:
June 2007 MQA to present at Boston microrite conference.
Intensive training in environmental monitoring, disinfectant qualification and cleanroom contamination control
• Environmental Monitoring a complex system simplified
• Understanding the qualification of disinfectant and key elements of cleaning procedures
microrite, Inc. Practical Series Seminars & Workshops, June 7 & 8, 2007 at Doubletree Guest Suites Boston 400, Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02134
MQA to present in microrite conference in Foster City
AUDITING MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Sponsor by microrite, Inc., April 12 and 13, 2007 Crowne Plaza, Foster City, California
AUDITING MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Sponsor by microrite, Inc., March 26 and 27, 2007 Caribe Hilton, San Juan PR 00902
Auditing Water Systems
Auditing Microbiology Laboratories
Auditing Water Systems
December 1st, 2006
MQA moved to their new microbiology laboratory facility. The lab is FDA registered and compliant with ISO 9000, GLP and GMP regulations.
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