Instantaneous Microbial Detection Defined

The term “Instantaneous Microbial Detection” is used to define a process that provides immediate quantification of microbes present in a specified volume of air.  By inference, Instantaneous Microbial Detection can also be continuous, as opposed to episodic.

Instantaneous Microbial Detection is often compared with “Rapid Microbial Detection” or “Rapid Methods.”  As the difference between the term “Instantaneous Microbial Detection” and the two other terms infer, irrespective of how “rapid” a method is, it cannot, by its nature, be instantaneous or continuous.