Agawam, MA, USA

104 Gold St
Agawam, MA 01001, USA

Tel: +1 413-786-1680
Fax: +1 919-206-7279

More about this facility

Overview

Our team in Agawam offers a full suite of microbiological, analytical, and environmental monitoring services to support pharmaceutical and medical device product development. The facility is FDA and DEA registered, has ANAB accreditation and a Massachusetts Radiation Materials License. Our satellite office in Marlborough, Massachusetts is located just 32 miles from the heart of the Cambridge-Boston area.

Facility Details

In Agawam, we have three laboratory service groups:

Microbiological

  • *Sterility (direct immersion, open membrane filtration, closed membrane filtration)
  • *Endotoxin (gel clot, chromogenic, turbidimetric methods)
  • *Bioburden
  • Microbial examination of non-sterile products (USP <60, <61>, <62>)
  • Microbial identification (phenotypic, genotypic, and Gram staining)
  • Antimicrobial effectiveness
  • Disinfectant qualifications
  • Growth promotion testing
  • Filter validation (bacterial filter retention and bubble point testing)
  • Biological indicators
  • Water testing (bioburden, coliform)
  • Mycoplasma
  • Media fills
  • CCIT
  • Customized studies

Analytical

  • Compendial testing per the USP, EP, BP, JP, JPE, ACS
  • Compendial method verifications
  • Analytical method validation and transfer studies
  • Cleaning validation (specific and non-specific methods)
  • ICH stability storage and testing
  • CCIT
  • *Residual ethylene oxide (EO) testing
  • ASTM package testing

Environmental Monitoring & Cleanroom Services

We offer environmental monitoring services throughout New England and in the greater Albany, NY area, including:

  • Routine environmental monitoring, qualification, and certification
  • Total particulate
  • Active viable air monitoring
  • Passive viable air monitoring
  • Viable surface monitoring
  • Personnel monitoring
  • Compressed air/gas monitoring (moisture, oil, N2, mixed gases)
  • Water system monitoring (TOC, conductivity, nitrates, heterotrophic plate count)
  • Temperature and humidity monitoring
  • Differential pressure monitoring
  • Incubation
  • Enumeration and reporting
  • Courier services for our clients within a 150-mile radius of the Agawam facility. Download our courier request form here.

For our Agawam site’s registration certifications, see our forms and certifications.

*ANAB accredited

 

Meet one of our Agawam experts

Kelly McGuill
Microbiology Analyst IV

With experience in environmental monitoring, safety and microbial enumeration, Kelly oversees the planning and testing schedule for the sterility department at our Agawam facility and trains other sites on sterility testing and gowning qualifications.

Meet Kelly