Microbiology News: clinical, Jun 2016

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Microbiology News: clinical, Jun 2016

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Storage Tubes for Light Sensitive Samples 0.75ml and 1.40ml

30 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Micronic Amber storage tubesa represented in a 96 rube rack and together with a secure screw cap or push cap ensure the integrity of light sensitive biological samples even over long-term storage periods. more...

FDA-Cleared Liofilchem MIC Test Strip Dalbavancin

29 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOther

The Dalbavancin MIC Test Strip is a quantitative assay for determining the MIC of dalbavancin (0.002-32 μg/mL) against Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin resistant strains) and Enterococcus faecalis (vancomycin susceptible strains). more...

Isogen to Distribute Mobidiag's Amplidiag® GE Real-time PCR Assays

28 Jun 2016 | Clinical

Isogen Life Science has become the exclusive distributor of Amplidiag®, in vitro diagnostics for gastrointestinal infections, in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain. more...

VIAFLO 96/384 Delivers Optimised Pipetting Performance

27 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

With interchangeable pipetting heads the VIAFLO 96/384 requires only one base unit to be purchased to achieve a pipetting range of 0.5 to 1250 microliters. more...

Mettler-Toledo Offers New Weighing-related SOP Consulting Service

27 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Weighing experts at METTLER TOLEDO now offer a consulting service to help businesses revise their weighing-related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Businesses will receive time- and cost-effective recommendations within four days. more...

Hospital Finds Increased Efficiency and Faster Viral Load Results

27 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOther

A recent case study of the experiences of Niguarda Hospital's molecular biology lab found that the DxN VERIS required much less manual intervention and just 5 reagents, whilst being able to run single samples was a great advantage over sample batching. more...

PAbs to Zika NS1 Can Improve Sensitivity of Lateral Flow Zika Assays

21 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

New Zika Virus antibodies have been introduced by Meridian Biosciences for the development of lateral flow IgG/IgM antibody detection assays. more...

Rare and Emerging Pathogens Reference Library Expanded

21 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOther

Bruker collaboration with CDC has added to the MicrobeNet database of rare and emerging pathogens. more...

Multichannel Manual Pipette Sets Volumes 10x Faster

21 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The EVOLVE manual pipette has a fast volume adjustment system from 1 – 200 µl, now available as 8 and 12 multichannel manual pipette. more...

Vela Achieves CE-IVD Marking for HCV Genotyping NGS Assay

20 Jun 2016 | Clinical

The Vela Diagnostics' Sentosa® SQ HCV Genotyping Assay is the first NGS assay to be approved for high-risk blood disease, now CE marked for viral genotyping in patients diagnosed with Hepatitis C Virus infection from human plasma or serum sample. more...

Priorclave Awarded £½M Autoclave Export Contract

16 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Medical centres throughout Northeast Africa have selected Priorclave QCS150 front loading autoclaves which have 20% more loading capacity, competitive pricing, superb energy efficiency, low water consumption and dedicated pre-and after sales support. more...

Molecular Microbiology Laboratory Services Available for Clinical Studies

14 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOther

New molecular technologies required for microbiological aspects of Phase I-IV global clinical studies for infectious disease therapies are provided by a strategic alliance of Medpace and International Health Management Associates, Inc more...

“Bench On Demand” Laboratory Space Ideal for Early Stage Companies

14 Jun 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Laboratory bench space suitable for start up biotechs includes Biosafety Level 2 provides companies the tools they need to establish proof of concept. more...

More CMV Positives Found with DxN VERIS vs COBAS^®

14 Jun 2016 | Clinical

Study of 169 plasma samples, previously tested CMV-positive on whole blood, showed the specificity of the VERIS CMV assay was 99%, but also that the VERIS CMV Assay detected 18 more positive samples than COBAS^® Ampliprep™/COBAS^®. more...

Puritan to Attend ASM’s Annual Microbiology Event in Boston, MA

13 Jun 2016 | ClinicalOther

Puritan showcases new applicator for MALDI-TOF systems

On Booth #648 at ASM Microbe 2016, Puritan will be showcasing their new 3" applicator stick for direct colony transfer for MALDI-TOF MS systems, together with four new enrichment media as well as a transport system for sampling human DNA and RNA for research. more...