MAS-100NT® from Merck

Achieve unparalleled cleanliness beyond what the eye can see with the world’s best-selling air sampler, the MAS-100 NT®.

The MAS-100 NT® is accurate in microbial monitoring of ambient air in controlled environments up to ISO 14644-1 cleanroom class 5/GMP Grade A standards. Microbial air sampling devices are extensively used in Pharmaceutical and Personal care industries as well as Food, Beverage, and Environmental applications. Additionally, a regulation for compounding pharmacies, USP797, requires active air sampling in the level 5 and above areas.

Key Features and Benefits of MAS-100 NT

• Developed according to GAMP 5, fully validated according to ISO 14698 and EN 17141
• Disinfectable with vaporized and gaseous hydrogen peroxide and many industry-standard disinfectants
• Perforated lids are autoclavable and interchangeable between instruments.
• Compatible with different nutrient plates, e.g. ready-to-use 90mm standard-, 55mm contact- or ICR/ICRplus contact/settle plated from Merck Millipore
• Additional safety through the integration of a HEPA air outlet filter that can also be retrofitted and replaced independently.
• Integrated mass flow sensor with temperature and pressure compensation for environment-independent air sampling

Proven and improved microbial air monitoring

The original MAS-100® was a unique achievement and an incredible success – but the new MAS-100 NT® is even better. Its compact, user-friendly design, improved security features, easy and fully automatic calibration, validated software, and enhanced connection options make the MAS-100 NT® Active Microbial Air Sampler truly unique:

• Improved design with an illuminated display for easy navigation 
• Improved HACCP software with Microsoft Windows log-in functionality and reporting 
• Menu in a variety of languages (English, French and German; Spanish in preparation, others on demand) 
• Acoustic alarm feature 
• Data logging for samples and alarms 
• Communication via USB port for error-free result transmission and automatic record-keeping 
• Long-life lithium ion batteries with intelligent recharging feature, and much more. 

All functions and parameters as well as the calibration procedure can be controlled using the MAS-100 NT® software or may be programmed directly on the unit. Alarms and samples are logged and the last 100 events recorded. These can be exported or printed at any time. Hardware and software have been developed according to GAMP4.