Sterilin has announced the availability of their increased choice of Swab-Rinse Kits (SRK) used for hygiene monitoring and environmental sampling in pharmaceutical, food-hygiene, cosmetics and biological laboratories. This range of products offers increased ease of use for inspectors and quality analysts, both on-site and in the field. Facilitating routine surface monitoring in sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing environments, the system offers a method for sampling uneven or irregular surfaces, equipment and difficult to reach sites. It is equally effective in routine hygiene monitoring of food contact surfaces within food processing environments and heavily contaminated surfaces, the swabs offer a convenient system for verification and validation of effective sanitisation and disinfection procedures.