Microbiology News: clinical, Apr 2016

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Microbiology News: clinical, Apr 2016

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NCIMB and RGU Kick-off New Streptomyces Screening Project

28 Apr 2016 | ClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

NCIMB and the Robert Gordon University are collaborating in a project to screen Streptomyces species for the production of compounds with potential for use in the pharmaceutical and other industry sectors. more...

Low Cost Autoclaves with High Throughput Capacity

26 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The Priorclave Q63 front-loading cylindrical chamber autoclave has large load capacity (choose from 320 or 500 litres ) at reduced cost due to a simpler production process compared to rectangular chamber autoclaves. more...

ATCC^® Zika Virus Reference Materials

26 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

ATCC sup sup Zika Virus Reference Materials

ATCC provides authenticated Zika virus reference materials that support vaccine efficacy testing and assay development, including in vivo and tissue culture-adapted strains, genomic and synthetic nucleic acid preparations, and associated products. more...

Cap, Decap or Recap 96 Screw Caps Tubes in a Single Action

25 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Easy to install and operate, the Univo SR096 decaps Screw Caps from a full 96-tube storage rack in less than 30 seconds. more...

Hospital Finds DxN VERIS Has Greater Precision for Low HBV Loads

25 Apr 2016 | Clinical

The DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System consolidates DNA extraction, amplification and detection within a single automated instrument, the first site to introduce the HBV assay ,Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have found the instrument will allow the laboratory to offer service users greater precision at low HBV viral loads as well as improved turnaround times. more...

Microbial Air Sampler Has 3 Aspirating Heads

25 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Microbial air sampler with 3 aspirating heads can be used to meet GPL and GMP requirements, the instrument can simultaneously test for total counts, yeasts and moulds by using different types of agar in each sampling head. more...

Smaller, Lighter Plastic Bottle Option for BD BACTEC™

19 Apr 2016 | Clinical

Designed for pediatric and non-pediatric blood specimens of less than 5ml, the new BD BACTEC™ PEDS Plus™/F plastic blood culture bottle improves qualitative culture and recovery of aerobic microorganisms. more...

BIOMIC® V3 Microbiology System Updated with 2016 CLSI and EUCAST Guidelines

18 Apr 2016 | Clinical

BIOMIC V3 has been updated with the latest 2016 CLSI and EUCAST guidelines for antibiotic susceptibility testing, the automated system serves as a primary or secondary AST-ID system for microbiology laboratories. more...

Touchscreen Operated Rapid Reagent Dispenser

18 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The VIAFILL Reagent Dispenser offers simplistic programming of repeat dispenses, variable volume dispenses and custom programming. Users can easily alternate between 8 and 16 channel dispensing cassettes for rapid filling of 6 to 1536 well plates. more...

MicroPath™ LIMS - Designed by Microbiologists FOR Microbiologists

13 Apr 2016 | Clinical

MicroPath is a purpose-built, full-featured, easy to use and affordable microbiology laboratory information system allowing paperless culture processing, supports MIC and Kirby Bauer interpretation and integrates with other laboratory instruments. more...

QuickFISH® Rapid Differentiation of CoNS Directly from Blood Cultures

12 Apr 2016 | Clinical

QuickFISH rapidly differentiates Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci directly from blood cultures. It was the fastest and most cost-effective nucleic acid method evaluated with a time-to-result of 20 minutes. more...

Possible Laboratory Acquired Salmonella Infection at CDC

05 Apr 2016 | Food & BeverageClinical

CDC have reported a laboratory worker may have acquired a salmonella infection in a BSL-2 laboratory, the worked was found to be infected with the same strain of Salmonella as was being used in the lab. more...

Clean, Odour Free Sample Prep for Faecal Transplants

05 Apr 2016 | ClinicalOther

The Seward Stomacher® makes preparation of fecal transplant material a much more pleasant experience with no cross contamination risk and sealed disposable blending vessels preventing aerosols. more...

Case Study Shows How to Improve Viral Load Workflow

05 Apr 2016 | Clinical

Study shows results of Niguarda Hospital, Milan assessment of the Beckman Coulter DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System which has allowed this Molecular Biology Lab to meet increased demands for high quality results and reduced turnaround times without any increase in resources. more...

Sigma GBS™ for Faster Screening of Group B Streptococcus

04 Apr 2016 | ClinicalOther

Launching at ECCMID 2016, Booth 094, the device consists of a vial of Lim broth enrichment medium and a swab which can be snapped into the vial for incubation followed by inoculation onto appropriate chromogenic agar. Suitable for automated or manual processing. more...