Microbiology News: clinical, Nov 2014

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Microbiology News: clinical, Nov 2014

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Great Basin Submits to FDA for Group B Strep Assay

24 Nov 2014 | Clinical

Great Basin Scientific, Inc., has submitted its Group B Strep assay to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 510(k) clearance. more...

Ebola Real-Time PCR Kit - CE Labelled

24 Nov 2014 | Clinical

Available now from Fast-track diagnostics is a CE labelled real-time PCR kit for the detection of the Zaire ebola virus - the strain responsible for the current outbreak in West Africa. Using true 'walk-away' protocols, the Fast-track diagnostics range is an open system which means that they are more...

Molecular Medical Microbiology Reference Book

24 Nov 2014 | ClinicalOther

Molecular Medical Microbiology is a A three-volume reference book, edited by Drs. Yi-Wei Tang, Max Sussman, Ian Poxton, Dongyou Liu and Joseph Schwartzman more...

Simplified Carbapenemase Screening with CAT-ID™

18 Nov 2014 | Clinical

MBL and KPC-producing isolates will display total resistance to faropenem and no zone is generated around the CAT-ID™ disc. OXA-48-producing isolates form a ‘double zone’ around the CAT-ID™ disc, which features a clear zone with micro-colonies. more...

New Software for Monitoring Automated Liquid Handling Performance

17 Nov 2014 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

ArtelWare enhancements provide greater insight into the performance of each liquid handler as well as overviews of their entire liquid handler population. more...

Compact Dry: Food Microbiology Made Easier!

17 Nov 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOther

Compact Dry is a microbiological testing system which consists of a special dry nutrient pad in a petri dish. Plates can be used everywhere at any time as pads are not reconstituted before the sample implementation and are stable at common temperatures for long periods of time. more...

Cepheid To Develop Xpert® Ebola Rapid Test

17 Nov 2014 | Clinical

Cepheid currently expects the sample type for Xpert Ebola to be an oral swab or capillary whole blood specimen in order to avoid needle exposure and venipuncture. more...

Monitoring Air Cleanliness in Aseptic Processes in the 21st Century

11 Nov 2014 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

TSI’s BioTrak Real-Time Viable Particle Counter detect airborne viable particles in real-time, and per the current EU and US FDA aseptic processing guidance, monitor total particle counts simultaneously, via a single particle monitoring probe. more...

Cleanroom Microbiology - New Book

10 Nov 2014 | ClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

New book on microbiological aspects of cleanrooms

Cleanroom Microbiology is a new book that covers microbiology, engineering and quality issues relating to cleanrooms in pharmaceuticals and healthcare. more...

Disc Tests for Confirmation of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

04 Nov 2014 | ClinicalOther

KPC&MBL&OXA-48 disc kit (acc. to EUCAST) confirms Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae by measuring synergistic effects of meropenem and inhibitors. more...

EBOLA or FLU? As the Seasons Collide Which Would you Choose?

04 Nov 2014 | ClinicalOther

Sigma Virocult® has proven to be the number one choice by Virology departments worldwide, demonstrating the survival of numerous viruses at ambient temperatures. more...

Telstar Increases Production of Class III Safety Cabinets

03 Nov 2014 | Clinical

Telstar Class III Biological Safety Cabinets are designed for working with highly infectious microbiological agents. more...

MultiSUB Electrophoresis System Used in UK Fight Against Ebola

03 Nov 2014 | Clinical

The Cleaver Scientific multiSUB™ is an easy to use, versatile and flexible system being used by Porton Down research centre for horizontal gel electrophoresis. more...

UK Sets Up Three New Ebola Labs in Sierra Leone

03 Nov 2014 | Clinical

The BBC reports that the UK government has allocated £20m to set up and run three new laboratories in Sierra Leone to help test for the Ebola virus. The labs will be used to test blood samples and swabs for the virus and will be able to give the all-clear to Ebola patients who survive the more...

World’s First Automated Colony ID System for use with CHROMagar™

03 Nov 2014 | Food & BeverageClinical

ProtoCOL 3 system can accurately identify any bacteria or yeast cultured on a CHROMagar plate in less than a minute, saving microbiologists hours of visually inspecting colonies, and manually recording results. more...

New VI-PAK Barrier Outer Foil Pack for COPAN ESwab™

03 Nov 2014 | ClinicalOtherVeterinary

VI-PAK barrier outer foil packs prevents oxidation, dehydration and protects against direct sunlight, maintaining optimum performance of the medium over its long shelf life. more...