Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Remel is a world-class microbiology brand. As a trusted supplier of a broad range of high quality media and diagnostic products used in clinical, industrial, research, and academic laboratories, and backed by a team of service experts, we are dedicated to microbiology.

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Environmental Monitoring Products
Contact Plates

We are setting industry standards by offering an extensive line of Contact and Settling Plates to meet your environmental testing needs. Both irradiated and non-irradiated media are available, allowing you to select the level of sterility assurance you need to monitor surfaces, air, and personnel. Our non-irradiated media is available as standard Contact I (single bag), Contact II (double bag), and Settling Plates (single and double bag). Our Sterile Pack Contact Plates, Settling Plates, and our Isolator Wrap™ Sterile Contact Plates receive an additional validated gamma ray irradiation treatment to provide a Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) of >10-6, the pharmaceutical industry's operationally accepted definition of sterility.


  • Quality Assurance Testing meets or exceeds USP Growth Promotion Requirements
  • Unsurpassed sterility assurance:
    • Manufactured in a Class 10,000 clean room with class 100 work zones
    • Sterile plated media receives gamma-irradiation treatment validated in accordance with ISO standards to achieve the highest available sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6
    • Non-irradiated contact and settling plates have a validated sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-3
  • Sterile Pack Contact Plates and Sterile Settling Plates are double bagged with an enclosed sterile third bag for transporting plates out of your clean room environment
  • NEW Isolator Wrap Sterile Contact Plates are shrink-wrapped and then placed in an impermeable isolator bag for use in isolator environments. An extra sterile bag is provided for transporting samples to the laboratory
  • Custom product requests are accepted on a contract/proprietary basis