Melissa Stappen Valsource

Melissa has over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech industry and clinical/healthcare provider setting. She has provided support to Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Compliance Departments as a subject matter expert relating to endotoxin and microbial contamination control, acting as auditor for facility in-house inspections. She has been hands-on in the development of facility cleaning / disinfection, environmental monitoring, and microbiological contamination control programs to include generation of protocols, methods, and procedures. Her current role of Validation Consultant emphasizes risk management based programs for laboratory instrumentation, methods, and equipment. Melissa holds an AAS in Medical Laboratory Technology, with ASCP board certification.