Environmental Microbiology

 

 

Our Environmental Microbiology Section specializes in assisting you to monitor microbiological parameters to ensure the safety of your employees, customers, other stakeholders and the environment.  We can test almost any matrix you desire and we will advise you on the best way to move forward with the results of your tests.  

Some of the services provided include:

Wastewater Monitoring 
  • Five Day Biochemical Oxygen Demand
  • Enumeration and Identification of Coliforms
  • (Total Coliforms, Faecal Coliforms and E.coli) 

Indoor Air Quality Assessments       
  • Spore Trap Testing (for fungal spores and other airborne particulates)
  • Culturable/Viable Bacterial Counts
  • Culturable/Viable Fungal Counts
  • Temperature/Humidity Measurements 

Testing of Chemicals
  • Biodegradability Analysis
  • Enumeration of Viable Bacteria and Fungi in liquid fuels

Specialized Services 
  • Sampling (water, wastewater, air, swabs, bulk, soil)
  • Development of environmental monitoring plans
  • Sewage Contamination Assessments in Buildings 
  • Indoor Air Quality Assessments

Recreational Water Monitoring
  • Enumeration and Identification of Coliforms
  • (Total Coliforms, Faecal Coliforms, E.coli)
  • Enumeration and Identification of Enterococcus sp.

For more information, contact CARIRI’s Environmental Microbiology Unit at 662-7171 ext 3504 or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Accreditation

The management system of CARIRI has been assessed and certified by SGS as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 for the following activities:Consulting, industrial research and testing and equipment design and development. CARIRI has been certified by SGS to the ISO 9001 standard since January 1999.

The laboratories of CARIRI have demonstrated compliance with the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard, General criteria for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and have been accredited by the International 

Accreditation Service Inc. for the test methods listed in the scope of accreditation at IASonline.org.

CARIRI's laboratories have had a history of international accreditation since 1997.

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