Integrated Hygiene Management
video course
Know exactly what to do when infections hit. Take a practical approach to prevention. Stop chasing problems. Build real understanding.
Join the first release
Available now, before the official summer launch.
*Price excluding VAT.
Join the first release
€ 169*
Presale € 69*
Only until May 4th!
* To mark the Mushroom Days – Presale ends April 30. Price excluding VAT.
Learn at your own pace
No fixed deadlines
Flexible learning journeys
Your path, your choice
Whenever you want
Available 24/7
Wherever you are
On any device, any location
Subtitles available
Multiple languages
Stop fighting infections blindly
In mushroom production, infections are damaging. They are the main causes for yield loss, instability, and frustration on the production floor. You may recognise this:
- Contamination appears "out of the blue"
- Cleaning protocols are in place, but problems persist
- Teams follow procedures, yet results remain inconsistent
- Decisions are based on habits rather than understanding
Most producers try to solve infections reactively. But without a clear system, you end up treating symptoms instead of causes.
What if you had a clear strategy instead?
Integrated Hygiene Management for the Mushroom Industry gives you the knowledge and tools to design your own hygiene masterplan — adapted to your reality, your team, and your production system.
Inspired by Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in agriculture, this course introduces a similar mindset for the mushroom industry — but focused where it truly matters: Microorganisms and hygiene.
It is a complete system that determines your success.
Join the first release
Available now, before the official summer launch.
*Price excluding VAT.
A glimpse of what’s coming?
What makes this course different
This online course is not:
- a list of cleaning products
- a catalogue of diseases
- a one-size-fits-all protocol
Instead, we focus on understanding:
- what microorganisms are
- how infections develop and spread
- which drivers you can use to control them
So you can make better decisions, not just follow instructions.
Course content
6 modules from the scientific foundation to managing an active outbreak.
Module 0: Introduction
- Lesson content
3 Episodes
- What is this course about?
- Hygiene as a mindset
- The story of Magda
Module 1: Microorganisms
- Lesson content
16 Episodes
- What are microorganisms?
- Size comparison
- Essential microorganisms
- Mycoviruses
- Micro-animals
- Pests and vermin
- Bacteria: What are they?
- How bacteria spread
- What are Fungi?
- How fungi grow
- How fungi eat
- How fungi spread
- Good and bad fungi
- Bacteria versus moulds
- The FATTOM principle
- The 4 areas in your workplace
Module 2: Infections
- Lesson content
12 Episodes
- Infections: Voices from the mushroom industry
- What is an infection?
- Examples of infection sources
- Infections vs hygiene
- Infections cause production losses
- Infections cause quality losses
- Infections cause financial losses
- Infections will cost you clients
- Infections cause health risks
- Infections cause new infections
- The chain of infection
- How an infection spreads
Module 3: How to prevent infections
- Lesson content
22 Episodes
- Hygiene is discipline
- The chain of infection - recap
- Breaking the chain
- Production phases and levels of hygiene
- Production zones
- Routines and preventive measures
- Air
- Product
- People
- Surfaces
- Air and people - physical barriers farm layout
- Air and people - physical barriers overpressure
- Air - filtration
- Product - steam sterilisation
- Product - steam high-temperature pasteurization
- Product - fermentation and low-temperature pasteurization
- People - preventive measures
- Clothing protocol
- Cleaning protocol
- Surfaces - radiation
- Surfaces - heat treatment
- Surfaces - fumigation and misting
Module 4: How to measure
- Lesson content
11 Episodes
- The importance of monitoring
- Turn hygiene into a measurable system
- Critical control zones
- Sampling techniques
- Air sampling
- Product sampling
- People sampling
- Surfaces sampling
- Visualizing results
- Turning data into decisions
- Maintenance
Module 5: Dealing with an outbreak
- Lesson content
14 Episodes
- Dealing with outbreaks
- True stories of outbreaks
- Stuck in a chain of infection?
- Red flags
- Roadmap when in an outbreak
- Step 1: Set the perimeter
- Step 2: Make a plan
- Step 3: Communicate the plan
- Step 4:Study and sample your product
- Step 5: Remove infected material
- Step 6: Deep cleaning procedure
- Step 7: Validate the cleaning procedure
- Step 8: Fix the original problem
- Wrap-up module 5
Join the first release
Available now, before the official summer launch.
*Price excluding VAT.
Help us sharpen our hygiene course
Have you encountered:
recurring hygiene questions on the production floor?
situations that went seriously wrong?
risks that caused damage, loss or major stress?
Your input helps us:
fine-tune the course with real-world cases
sharpen our focus on the risks that truly matter
strengthen sector-wide learning and awareness
Your experience will help raise the level of hygiene understanding across the industry. Thanks!
Hygiene is not complicated
but it must be understood
Too often, hygiene is reduced to cleaning tasks. But without understanding, even the best efforts remain ineffective. That is why this course does not give you a checklist — it gives you a framework to make better decisions, every day.
Our goal is simple:
- Make hygiene clear, practical, and achievable
- Help you take control over infections — sustainably
Online courses are key to achieving our mission: making highly qualified mycelium knowledge accessible to everyone who needs it, wherever they are.
Integrated Hygiene Management for the Mushroom Industry is built with the same depth and care as our on-site courses.
