Consultancy & Research

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R&D at 20/30 Labs is made up of a dynamic team with specialties in Microbiology (PhD, Mphil), Decontamination, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Virology, Clinical, Biochemistry, Botany, and Life Sciences. Our BSL II facility is fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment including a Class 5 clean room, ICP-MS, 3D printing, PCR, liquid handling automation, medical packing systems, air sampling and cascade impaction devices, and microorganism preservation technology.

We offer a wide range of microbiological validation services for medical devices including decontamination assurance, testing the design of decontamination processes, diagnosis of contamination events, performance qualification, shelf-life testing, and proof of concept.

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Reprocessing Qualifications of Medical Devices

Validation of cleaning, disinfection efficacy and sterility assurance levels [HTM 01-01, ISO 15883].

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Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as a service

Early warning detection systems of the presence of infection

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Medical Face Mask Classification [EN 14683: 2019]

How 20/30 Labs classify medical face masks (Type I, Type II or Type IIR) as per BS EN 14683:2019.

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Cleanroom Validations and Microbiological Analysis

How 20/30 Labs undertake ISO classification and microbiological sampling of cleanrooms.

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Filter Penetrability Testing

A medical equipment manufacturing company had been supplied with a filter product, with the filter material sealed in plastic housing with connectors on either end.

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Whole Genome Sequencing as an identification method

Whole genome sequencing of two bacterial isolates to determine a source outbreak.