On-Demand Webinar: Biological Indicator Incubation and Reduced Incubation Time
Optimize BI cultivation protocols, understand your RIT responsibilities, and troubleshoot unexpected results
What You'll Learn in Our 45-Minute Webinar
✓ ISO 11138-7 and ISO 11138-8 Standards – Understand how these standards affect your BI selection, incubation protocols, and compliance requirements
✓ Delayed Cultivation Protocols – Learn how to establish justified time intervals when immediate post-sterilization incubation isn't possible
✓ Troubleshooting Unexpected Positives – Step-by-step investigation procedures including sub-culturing, organism identification, and root cause analysis
✓ Proper SCBI Interpretation – Distinguish actual growth from thermal degradation or chemical residuals; correct use of negative control units
✓ RIT Validation Requirements – Clarify what manufacturers must validate versus what end users need to verify
✓ Culture Condition Best Practices – Proper incubation temperatures, aseptic technique, and documentation requirements
This webinar is essential for:
- QA/QC Managers overseeing sterilization monitoring programs
- Sterile Processing Department Managers implementing BI protocols
- Validation Engineers developing or qualifying sterilization cycles
- Regulatory Compliance Officers ensuring FDA and ISO compliance
- Microbiology Lab Managers responsible for BI cultivation and interpretation
- Quality Engineers troubleshooting sterilization process issues
Industries served: Pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, hospital sterile processing, compounding pharmacies, research laboratories

Meet the Presenter
Kurt McCauley
Product and Applications Engineer - Sterilization and Disinfection Control
Kurt McCauley has a B.S. in Microbiology and is a Product & Application Engineer in the Sterilization and Disinfection Control Division of Mesa Laboratories. He began work at Mesa in 1995 and has been involved with all aspects of biological indictor production and development. Mr. McCauley currently serves as Co-chair for AAMI Working Group 91 (Resistometers) and is an active member of both AAMI/ ISO Working Groups 4 (biological indicators) and 6 (chemical indicators).