It is concerning that environmental monitoring plans, while widespread, have yet to become universal practice. Nevertheless, environmental monitoring equipment garners a 99% satisfaction rating. Conversely, pharmacy assigns lower ratings to their own environmental monitoring processes; just 26% deem their processes to be excellent. As such, it is notable that almost one-third of US hospitals (31%) now rely on an outsourced provider to conduct their environmental monitoring.

While pharmacy typically maintains responsibility for the requisite environmental monitoring in the cleanroom, almost one-third of facilities rely on an outsourced services provider to conduct their environmental monitoring.

QI Medical continues to lead this marketplace, followed by Health Care Logistics, Hardy Diagnostics, and BD.