Microbial Air Sampler 3080 Series
Portable active air sampler for microbiological environmental monitoring in cleanrooms, sterile fill areas, and controlled environments — 100 L/min cascade impaction onto Petri dish culture media.
Products
| Product | Product line | Application area | Selection note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microbial Air Sampler 3080 Series | Microbial & Aerosol Particle Monitoring | Particle Counting & Monitoring | Select options, accessories and calibration scope against the measurement procedure. |
Key Features
100 LPM cascade impaction for viable particle collection
Cascade impaction at 100 LPM deposits viable microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) from the sampled air onto the agar plate surface — the collection efficiency is designed to capture the 0.5–5 µm particle range most relevant to airborne microbial contamination in cleanrooms.
Compatible with standard 90 mm agar plates
Accepts standard 90 mm agar contact plates (TSA, CASO or Sabouraud dextrose agar as specified in the site SOP) — avoiding the need for non-standard plate formats and maintaining compatibility with existing pharmaceutical QC microbiology procedures.
ISO 14698-1 and EU GMP Annex 1 monitoring
The 3080 series provides the active air sampling component for EU GMP Annex 1 Section 9 Grade A/B viable particle monitoring — complementing non-viable OPC data from particle counters in the pharmaceutical cleanroom environmental monitoring programme.
Portable — monitoring across multiple cleanroom zones
Battery operation enables portable use across multiple monitoring locations in a sampling campaign — Grade A (filling zone), Grade B (background), Grade C (secondary) and Grade D (passage areas) can all be sampled with one instrument.
Technical Specifications
| Parameter | Unit | Value / Description |
|---|---|---|
| SAMPLING | ||
| Principle | — | Cascade impaction onto agar contact plate or settle plate |
| Sample flow rate | LPM | 100 LPM (standard — per ISO 14698-1 method) |
| Collection medium | — | Standard 90 mm contact plates (TSA, CASO agar) or settle plates |
| Sample volume per session | L | User-set: 1,000 L (10 min at 100 LPM) or per SOP |
| OPERATION | ||
| Inlet | — | Slit or hole pattern impaction head — model dependent |
| Timer | — | Programmable sample time |
| Power | — | Battery or AC — portable operation |
| INCUBATION (USER SUPPLIED) | ||
| Plate incubation | — | Post-sampling incubation and colony count by user — not supplied by instrument |
| CALIBRATION | ||
| Flow calibration | — | Flow rate verification recommended before each use |
| Standards | — | ISO 14698-1; EU GMP Annex 1; USP <1116> viable particle monitoring |
Values are summarized for page-level selection. Confirm final model configuration, accessories and calibration certificate before order placement.
Applications
EU GMP Annex 1 viable monitoring Grade A/B
Active air microbial monitoring in pharmaceutical cleanrooms — Grade A/B viable particle data for EU GMP Annex 1 Section 9 and FDA CGMP aseptic processing environmental monitoring programmes.
Aseptic process zone monitoring
Active air sampling in biotech aseptic manufacturing — documenting microbial contamination control levels for BLA/NDA regulatory submissions.
ISO 14698-1 cleanroom microbiology
Viable particle monitoring in ISO Class 7–8 medical device cleanrooms for ISO 14698-1 biological contamination control evidence.
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