Microbiology News: Aug 2012

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Microbiology News: Aug 2012

FDA Authorization for Verigene Gram+ Blood Culture NAT

28 Aug 2012 | ClinicalOther

The BC-GP test notably expands Nanosphere's infectious disease test capabilities to include fast detection of bacteria that can cause deadly bloodstream infections, an increasingly recognized health threat. more...

Invisible Sentinel Monoclonal Antibodies for Food Pathogens

28 Aug 2012 | Food & Beverage

Invisible Sentinel Inc. have made available a suite of monoclonal antibodies specific for the four most prevalent bacterial foodborne pathogens. more...

Affymetrix and PathGEN Dx Partner to Develop Pathogen Detection Kit

27 Aug 2012 | Clinical

The kit will be comprised of PathGEN Dx's proprietary reagents, an automated software package, and a contract manufactured GeneChip® microarray from Affymetrix. more...

Merck Millipore Extends NovaSeptum® Sterile Sampling Offerings

20 Aug 2012 | Pharmaceutical

Novel cap with O-ring component reduces loss of product by maintaining a completely closed system during sample collection, transport and especially during long term storage where stress release can induce leakage. more...

Second ProtoCOL System used at Prestigious UCL Institute of Child Health

20 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Synbiosis announce its ProtoCOL 3 automated colony counter is being used at one of Europe's largest children's health research facilities, the UCL ICH to rapidly assess the effectiveness of novel vaccines. more...

USDA/GIPSA Approves Test Kit for High Aflatoxin Contamination

20 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageOther

Romer Labs, a leading global food-safety diagnostic company, reports that it has the only test kit on the market that can provide quantitative aflatoxin results from 1 - 5000 ppb in less than 5 minutes. more...

Portable System for Aspiration and Disposal of Biological Waste

20 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

The VACUSIP from INTEGRA provides an ideal benchtop solution for the safe aspiration and disposal of small volumes of liquid waste in clinical, molecular biology, biochemistry and microbiology labs. more...

Sigma-Virocult® - The Challenge of H3N2v

14 Aug 2012 | WaterClinical

Sigma-Virocult® from Medical Wire is the ideal device for H3N2v variant seasonal influenza A virus (with the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 M gene). more...

Lab M Quickly Uses New Facility to Diversify Product Range

13 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Microbiology company Lab M is taking advantage of the additional manufacturing capability created by its move in June to new HQ in Heywood, Greater Manchester, UK. more...

Upgraded Clean Trace Trending Software Pinpoints Sanitation Problems

13 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageOther

3M Food Safety today announced software enhancements to its 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring System. more...

Northland Labs Announces Expanded Facilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

13 Aug 2012 | Food & Beverage

Northland Labs, provider of food safety/microbiology, food chemistry and research services announce opening of its new expanded facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin. more...

Cherwell Range Supports Users of VHP Sterilisation

13 Aug 2012 | OtherPharmaceutical

Cherwell Laboratories has tailored a range of products for validating Vaporised Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) sterilisation. more...

IDEXX Colilert®-18/Quanti-Tray® Test New ISO Standard 9308-2:2012

13 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageWater

Replaces multiple tube method as the new international standard for detecting total coliforms and E. coli in water more...

TRINITY V3 Antibiotic Zone Reader Includes New USP <81> Revisions

13 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceutical

The TRINITY V3 Antibiotic Zone Reader includes the current revisions to USP in the software. more...

xTAG® Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel Implemented for Public Health Surveillance

06 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinical

Public Health Wales is using Luminex's CE marked xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) for outbreak investigation activities during Olympic and Paralympic training and events taking place in Wales. more...

CE Mark for Quidel Direct Specimen Rapid PCR Test for Toxigenic C. difficile

06 Aug 2012 | Clinical

The Quidel Molecular Direct C. difficile Tox A/B assay kit includes an extraction-free, three-step sample preparation process that requires no heat step, no timed step, and no centrifugation as an added benefit. more...

Compact Personal Ozone Lab Equipment Steriliser

02 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

The CoolCLAVE from AMSBIO is effective in sterilizing and deodorizing lightly contaminated pipettes, pipette tips, gloves, plates, small instruments, and even personal items such as keys and glasses. more...

Paperless Media Preparation Process Documentation

01 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

New generation MEDIACLAVE 10/30 systems now provide the feature of digitally signed log files as a safeguard against tampering with downloaded files. Complies with FDA (21CFR Part 11) and EU (GMP Annex 11). more...

Priorclave Launch Autoclave Performance Analyser

01 Aug 2012 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

An advanced process review system - TACTROL ZERO - being rolled out across the entire range of autoclaves manufactured by Priorclave, adds further to the already excellent customer support provided by the company's Service and Technical Support team. The new system enables Priorclave to provide more...