Growth Promotion demonstrates that media used in environmental monitoring programs, media fills, or personnel qualification are capable of supporting microorganism growth. 

Benefits of growth promotion testing:  

• Reduces risk of false negative results if media does not support growth
• Reduces risk of false positive results if media is contaminated (negative control sample required)
• Ensures media used in environmental monitoring provides an accurate representation of environmental control in compounding areas
• Meets FDA and USP microbiological growth media requirements
• Verifies media vendor’s certificate of analysis