Microbiology News: clinical, Mar 2014

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Microbiology News: clinical, Mar 2014

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Moderate Complexity HSV PCR Gives Results on CSF in One Hour

31 Mar 2014 | Clinical

Focus Diagnostics has received expedited FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA moderate complexity categorization for its new Simplexa HSV 1 & 2 Direct molecular test on the 3M Integrated Cycler. The test, which is now available for purchase in the United States, is the first molecular test to be more...

Redipor 2014-2015 Price List Details Extensive Ready-to-Use Culture Media Range

25 Mar 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Cherwell's Redipor media range is designed to meet customer requirements for both industry standard products and those with a unique formulation or presentation, delivering cost effective, in time solutions for large and small customers alike. more...

FDA 510(k) Submission for AdvanDx mecA XpressFISH™

25 Mar 2014 | Clinical

AdvanDx has submitted its new mecA Xpress FISH™ test for the rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from S. aureus positive blood cultures to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) clearance. This assay will provide a way to identify MRSA from more...

Free Trial Available on ELISA Lyme Kit

25 Mar 2014 | Clinical

Zeus Scientific are offering a free trial evaluation program of their new ZEUS ELISA™ Borrelia VlsE1/pepC10 IgG/IgM Test System. for qualified customers*. Go to www.zeusscientific.com/lyme to sign up and learn more about ZEUS ELISA Borrelia VlsE1/pepC10 IgG/IgM Test System. *Terms and more...

Priorclave Launches New Autoclave Web Site

20 Mar 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Choose the right autoclave for your requirements and budget with Priorclave's Product Finder guides selecting from their comprehensive range of laboratory autoclaves you'll find the one most suited to your laboratory needs. more...

TSC New & Improved Inoculating Needles

18 Mar 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Technical Service Consultants (TSC) new and improved disposable inoculating needles are the perfect partner for Protect microorganism bead storage systems. more...

Optimising Urine Microbiology at Whitfield Street Laboratory

18 Mar 2014 | ClinicalOther

The Mast Uri® System has been adopted by the Whitfield Street Laboratory to streamline system for the direct culture, identification and sensitivity testing of urine pathogens. more...

CLSI Releases New Molecular Methods Standards—MM09-A2 and MM22-A

17 Mar 2014 | Clinical

Document gives guidance on laboratory development and use of qualitative nucleic acid microarray methods for the diagnosis and monitoring of infectious diseases, validation and verification, quality control, and interpretation of results. more...

INTEGRA Announce 384-Well Reagent Reservoirs

14 Mar 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Adopting a standard ANSI/SLAS footprint - INTEGRA 384-well reagent reservoirs (100ml) are fully compatible with all liquid handling systems including the VIAFLO 384 Handheld Multichannel Electronic Pipette. 384 individual pyramidal indentations in each reagent reservoir allow maximum liquid more...

PCL Alverno Clinical Labs Modernize with Beckman Coulter Solutions

11 Mar 2014 | Clinical

PCL Alverno Clinical Laboratories has awarded Beckman Coulter Diagnostics a new installation agreement. Processing more than 23 million tests per year, and dedicated to improving the quality of patient care, PCL Alverno was recently named a leader in innovation in Indiana and is the largest more...

CLIA Waiver for Digital Result Group A Strep Test

10 Mar 2014 | Clinical

Digital immunoassay (DIA) for rapid detection of Group A Strep in clinical setting used in conjunction with the BD Veritor System Reader. more...

FDA Approved VIDAS® C. difficile GDH is the 100th VIDAS® Assay

04 Mar 2014 | Clinical

VIDAS® C. difficile GDH is the only FDA-approved automated immunoassay parameter for GDH detection more...

New autoflex™ speed MALDI-TOF(/TOF) Delivers Superior Performance

04 Mar 2014 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

The autoflex™ speed MALDI-TOF(/TOF) mass spectrometers from Bruker has technology advances which provide accelerated results with Increased speed and efficiency for high-throughput MALDI Biotyper microbiological molecular identification. more...

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Distribute COPAN WASP® in US

04 Mar 2014 | ClinicalOther

Now available in the USA through Thermo Fisher Scientific, the COPAN WASP® provides a total solution for pre-analytical microbiology specimen processing automated plant + streak plates, prep gram slides, apply susceptibility disks, inoculate broths. more...

Petri Labeler to Enhance Plate Traceability

03 Mar 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

90mm Petri plates can be automatically processed from a stack or manually fed to the unit. Preprinted barcodes are precisely tagged on plate side-walls. more...