7. Microbiological Data

Bacteriostasis and fungistasis tests are carried out to determine microbial count of products.

Example 1:

In a given rinse sampling, a count was carried out of fungi and bacteria, as can be seen in the table below:

Bacteria	Sample Size
1	1
4	1
2	1
1	1
6	1
5	1
5	1
1	1
1	1
1	1
1	1
1	1
1	1
1	1
7	1
6	1
7	1
1	1
7	1
4	1
7	1

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We will upload the data to the system.

Configure as shown in the figure below to perform the analysis.

Click on Test Options to decide which tests we are going to execute. In our case, we are going to select all of them, and then click OK.

The results are:

SPECIFICATIONS:

	Value
Average Counts	3.3333
Minimum	1
Maximum	7
Alert Threshold	6.9848
Upper Control Limit	8.8106
Upper Specification Limit	10
Probability above LSE	0.0006915
PPM	691.5

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