In conjunction with NSF International, this industry best practices guide was developed to provide quality assurance managers, sanitarians and other hygiene/sanitation managers with simple, real-world best practices for implementing an ATP hygiene/sanitation monitoring programme that delivers optimal results. Topics covered include:
- Validation and verification
- Cleaning to a validated standard
- Swabbing and establishing baselines
- RLU’s as an indication of cleanliness
- Migrating from validation to verification
- Representative sampling
- Pre-op Vs Post-op
- Revalidation
- Using the ATP test results to improve cleaning efficacy
- Interpreting test results: what’s a “good” score
- Sampling water
- Complimentary environmental testing
- Program extensions
- Limitations and known interferences
- Conclusions and summary
