3 – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PARTICLE COUNTER AND A MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER?

The particle counter takes a quickly measuring of unviable particles; the microbial air sampler takes a measuring of viable particles. Particle counter cannot distinguish viable and unviable particles and doesn’t provide information on the microbiological content of the environment. The particle counter is the answer for an immediate unviable particle result, the microbial air sampler is the answer for a microbial content after incubation. Both methods are therefore used for E.M.