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Pyrostar Neo plus recombinant endotoxin detection reagent from FUJIFILM

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OFS & SSL – Ready-to-use Culture Media for Beverage Spoiling Organisms

Yeasts and Moulds Lactic Acid Bacteria

30 Apr 2015

Ready-to-use broth and agar culture media for easy detection of yeast, mould, lactic and acidic bacteria in soft drink, dairy and winery samples.

Safety Bunsen Burner Explainer Video

Sample Preparation Workflow Optimization

30 Apr 2015

Watch INTEGRA's simple, concise and funny video to learn about how the FIREBOY Safety Bunsen Burner ensures high safety by eliminating the risk of gas leaking and explosion - safe ignition, gas supply and temperature protection.

High-Throughput MALDI Biotyper^smart System with Lifetime Laser

Blood Culture Sepsis MALDI-TOF

28 Apr 2015

Higher throughput, speed and laser lifetime facilitate additional workflows for developing the MBT platform more and more into a general microbiology workhorse.

Rapid ID of >2,200 Microorganisms Directly from Positive Blood Culture

Identification Sepsis MALDI-TOF

28 Apr 2015

IVD MALDI Sepsityper workflow typically reduces Time-to-Result (TTR) for sepsis by 24 to 36 hours for over 2,000 bacterial and over 200 yeast species, while retaining all the advantages of blood cultures.

Reduce False Negs with Heipha ICRplus Neutralizer A Contact Plates

Environmental Monitoring Isolator

27 Apr 2015

Intended for environmental monitoring of cleanrooms and isolators, plate media inactivates range of disinfectant residues including PHMB and QACs.

Study Shows Pseudalert/Quanti-tray Valid for Hospital Water

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

27 Apr 2015

Study showed IDEXX Pseudalert®/Quanti-Tray® method, for the rapid detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa gave faster results than ISO 16266 and MoDW Part 8 PACN agar membrane filtration methods with no further confirmation steps.

Comfortable, Compact, Clever – CX23 Microscope

Microscopy

27 Apr 2015

Enhanced portability, usability, sturdiness, and security means the new CX23 microscope is ideal both for educational and routine lab environments, as well as for use in the field

CE Marking for Momentum Biosciences’ Innovative Blood Culture Test

Blood Culture Sepsis

27 Apr 2015

Using ETGA® technology, Cognitor® Minus gives a confirmed negative result, direct from blood culture, the day following sample receipt by the lab with a negative predictive value (NPV) of 99.5%.

Clever FlexiBulk Tip Packs - a New Concept for Packaging Pipette Tips

Liquid Handling

27 Apr 2015

New bulk package with its well-organized pipette tip arrangement saves valuable space in the laboratory.

COPAN Releases Wound Sample Collection Video

Swabs

23 Apr 2015

Part of a Series of Free Educational Videos Featuring Dr. J. Michael Miller, demonstrating best practices for specimen collection this video is on wound collection using ESwab™

Mérieux NutriSciences Acquires ABC Research Laboratories

21 Apr 2015

With the takeover of ABC Research Labs, Mérieux NutriSciences now has two full-service labs in Florida providing food testing and consulting services.

Application Guide for Tecan Plate Washers

Liquid Handling

21 Apr 2015

Tecan’s guide to plate washers includes an overview of the features and highlights of each Tecan instrument.

VWR to Distribute DuPont™ BAX® System in USA

PCR

21 Apr 2015

VWR granted exclusive rights within the US to sell DuPont™ BAX® System Q7 instrument, assays and related products as its only PCR-based pathogen detection solution to the food industry.

Next Generation Pneumonia Application Launched at ECCMID

20 Apr 2015

DNA-based Unyvero P55 Pneumonia Application identified 127 additional pathogens compared to microbiology culture.

Tamperproof Laboratory Autoclaves

Autoclaves

17 Apr 2015

Priorclave QCS H150 is one of the most versatile and cost efficient steriliser available with a chamber design that offers 20% more in loading capacity than sterilisers of the same capacity.

Limulus Color KY Series Can Detect Endotoxin to 0.0002EU/ml

Endotoxin Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL)

16 Apr 2015

A time-based colorimetric test using a synthetic substrate which produces a yellow color, specifically detecting endotoxin with high sensitivity.

FDA Clearance for Group A Streps in 8 Mins

Clostridium difficile Influenza

14 Apr 2015

Using isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology (iNAT), the FDA cleared Alere™ i Strep A test gives Group A Strep results in under 8 minutes.

Study Shows Savings of $5.8M with T2Candida® Panel

Candida

14 Apr 2015

Based on a 500 bed hospital the magnetic resonance-based T2Candida Panel sepsis diagnostic provides species-specific results in 3 to 5 hours and can results in annual savings of $5.8M.

One-stop Shop for Calibrating Range of Lab Equipment for ISO 15189

Liquid Handling

14 Apr 2015

Medical laboratories wanting to comply with ISO 15189 can now access Sartorius UKAS accredited servicing for on-site or remote testing and calibration of pipettes, balances and centrifuges.

IDEXX Water Division Earns ISO/IEC-17025:2005 Accreditation

Accreditation

13 Apr 2015

IDEXX are now ISO/IEC- 17025:2005 accredited which saves laboratories time and improves efficiency by reducing the amount of quality control (QC) testing required.

Micronic Introduces New Ultra Low Temperature Rack Range

13 Apr 2015

New 24-, 48- and 96-tube Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) rack range from Micronic are based on the automation compatible ANSI / SLAS dimensional footprint.

Small, Flexible and Reliable Heat Sealer Range from Eppendorf

PCR

13 Apr 2015

Preventing evaporation and contamination of different plate formats, Eppendorf's heat sealer range improves reliability and reproducibility.

NBB®-B-AM for Easy Detection of Indicator Organisms from Biofilms

Environmental Monitoring Indicator Organisms Hygiene Monitoring

13 Apr 2015

NBB®-B-AM is a ready-to-use culture media for detection of indicator microorganisms from biofilms as part of an environmental monitoring schedule.

Inhomogeneous Dilution Poses a Potential Risk to Food Quality & Safety

Coliforms Sample Preparation Spoilage Organisms

13 Apr 2015

Automated serial dilutions with the Inlabtec Serial Diluter removes the risk of inaccurate bacterial counts that may compromise food quality testing and also eliminates RSI risk.

Multidrug-resistant Shigellosis Spreading in the United States

Antibiotic Resistance

13 Apr 2015

In the United States, most Shigella is already resistant to the antibiotics ampicillin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole with international travellers repeated introducing resistant strains.

Research Project Explores New Genera for Probiotics

09 Apr 2015

NCIMB and Probiotics International collaborate to explore the potential of new genera in the development of novel probiotic food supplements and functional food products.

CLSI Report on Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Infectious Diseases (MM03-Ed3)

07 Apr 2015

CLSI report on Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Infectious Diseases (MM03-Ed3) is for clinical laboratories, test developers and manufacturers, and regulatory agencies.

Ecofriendly Autoclave Range Reduces Energy and Water Requirements

Autoclaves

07 Apr 2015

New laboratory autoclave range from LTE scientific, the ecotech is one of the greenest available needing less energy and water.

RIDA®STAMP – Agar Plates for Direct Stamps – Now Available!

Coliforms Environmental Monitoring Salmonella

07 Apr 2015

RIDA®STAMP are specially designed ready-to-use plates filled with specific agar, providing complete contact to a test surface – just open the plate, stamp, close lid, incubate and count!

Same Shift Aerobic Bacteria Results - AOAC-RI PTM Certified

Environmental Monitoring Total Counts Hygiene Monitoring

07 Apr 2015

MicroSnap Total is a small, simple, low cost detection system that detects down to 1-10 bacteria in 7 hours, also detects high numbers in as little as 1 - 2 hours.

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Viral Controls for Molecular Diagnostic Testing

QC Molecular Standards

07 Apr 2015

Helix Elite™ Molecular standards can demonstrate both test performance characteristics and staff proficiency of molecular diagnostic tests, CE Marked IVD Medical Devices allowing their use in clinical diagnostic applications globally.

FDA Clears Extra 170 Species and Species Groups Added to MALDI Biotyper CA

Identification MALDI-TOF

07 Apr 2015

The MALDI Biotyper CA System can now in total identify 210 species or species groups, covering 280 clinically relevant bacteria and yeast species, and representing more than 98% of the typical bacterial identification workflow of clinical microbiology labs.

Lateral Flow - Reveal® Detects Multi-Treenut Allergens

Allergens

07 Apr 2015

Neogen’s new Reveal® for Multi-Treenut detects 5-10 ppm of almond, hazelnut, pecan, walnut, cashew and pistachio residues on environmental surfaces and in rinse waters.

A Hand-Held Molecular Diagnostic Test for Trichomoniasis - FDA Cleared

Clostridium difficile Herpes Simplex Virus

07 Apr 2015

Quidel's AmpliVue platform now enables laboratories of all sizes to perform highly sensitive and specific molecular tests.

INTEGRA Launch Explainer Video for Safety Bunsen Burner

Sample Preparation

02 Apr 2015

FIREBOY Safety Bunsen Burner has been proven in thousands of installations worldwide to be intrinsically safe and extremely easy-to-use.

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