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    <title>Oxoid Brilliance Staph 24 Agar Identifies Staphylococci in Foods within 24 Hours</title>
    <description>Oxoid Brilliance  Staph 24 Agar - a selective and diagnostic chromogenic medium for the isolation and enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) in foods, within 24 hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Test for Detection of  C. difficile  Infection in just 20 Minutes</title>
    <description>Xpect C. difficile Toxin A/B Test, a valuable diagnostic tool for use in the rapid detection of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), is extremely easy to use and provides accurate and reliable results.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Range Ready for New, Harmonized (EUCAST) European Disc Diffusion Method</title>
    <description>The Oxoid range of products for AST includes all products recommended by EUCAST for use in the new, harmonized European disc diffusion method, due for launch in 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>West Park Hospital Microbiology Laboratory Wins Oxoid Draw</title>
    <description>Oxoid has delivered the first of 12 batches of cakes to the winners of an Oxoid draw to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oxoid logo</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:47:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Honours Infection Control Teams of the Year at Awards Dinner</title>
    <description>The winners of the 1st Prize in the 2008/2009 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards were the team at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Improves H. pylori Tests</title>
    <description>RAPID Hp StAR is a rapid immunochromatographic membrane based assay, reliable results in just 15 minutes, without the need for special equipment, now delivers improved sensitivity and specificity.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:17:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Brilliance CampyCount Agar Launched at IAFP Europe</title>
    <description>A new, highly selective, easy-to-read chromogenic medium specifically designed for the identification and enumeration of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in poultry and related samples,</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:21:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Demonstrate Commitment to Food Safety - IAFP European Symposium</title>
    <description>Oxoid are joint platinum sponsors, alongside DuPont Qualicon, of the forthcoming IAFP Fifth European Symposium on Food Safety at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany on 7-9 October 2009.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:02:10 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Food Seminar Day - Book your Free Place at this Valuable Seminar Today</title>
    <description>The Oxoid Food Seminar Day will be held on Monday 12 October 2009 at the internationally renowned Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:14:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Oxoid Media Allow Quick, Easy Identification of Cronobacter species</title>
    <description>Oxoid has introduced two new culture media for the fast and reliable identification of Cronobacter species (formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii ) from food and environmental samples.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:59:19 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Clinical Microbiologists Crowd the Oxoid Stand at ECCMID</title>
    <description>Oxoid drew crowds of clinical microbiologists to its booth at the 2009 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) Congress.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Publishes Latest Newsletter for Food Microbiologists</title>
    <description>Oxoid have published the latest issue of its Setting Standards newsletter, which concentrates on the benefits brought to food microbiologists by the DuPont Qualicon BAX System Q7.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:16:46 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Tests Allow Rapid Diagnosis of Gastroenteritis</title>
    <description>Easy-to-use, diagnostic tests for enteric infectious disease, require minimal hands-on time, suitable for automated protocols results in less than 2 hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Brilliance ESBL Agar and Brilliance VRE Agar Provide Results in 24 hours</title>
    <description>Brilliance ESBL Agar and Brilliance VRE Agar can be used as screening tests to rapidly identify patients colonised with ESBLs and VRE, direct from clinical samples.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:31:32 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Provides Free Infection Control Seminar in the UK</title>
    <description>The next Oxoid Infection Control Seminar will take place on 02 June in West Midlands, UK. This all-day event is completely free of charge and is provided as an educational service.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:36:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Rapid New Tests That Enable Swifter Diagnosis and Infection Control</title>
    <description>Oxoid will be exhibiting its newest products for clinical microbiologists at ECCMID Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 16-19 May 2009.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:40:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Brilliance MRSA Agar is Ideal for MRSA Screening</title>
    <description>Oxoid Brilliance MRSA agar is a selective chromogenic medium that permits primary growth, selectivity and differentiation of MRSA colonies on a single plate fast and reliable.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:59:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Infection Control Award goes to Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust</title>
    <description>The first prize of GBP5,000 in the 2008/2009 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards, has been awarded to the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, England.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>ELISA Systems Food Allergen Test Kits Now Available Alongside Oxoid Range</title>
    <description>Raw materials, finished products and environmental swabs can all be tested using the ELISA Systems tests now available through Oxoid.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Offers RapID Kits for Faster and Simpler Microbial Identifications</title>
    <description>The RapID range of microbial identification systems are easy-to-use kits allowing the accurate identification of a comprehensive range of micro-organisms in just 4 hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Extends Range of ISO Compliant Culture Media for Food and Environmental Testing</title>
    <description>Oxoid has added four important culture media to the growing Oxoid range of ISO compliant products for the microbiological examination of food and environmental samples.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Infection Control Team Awards Close on 13th Feb</title>
    <description>Don&#39;t miss out on this opportunity to win GBP5,000 and gain international recognition for your team.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Animal-free Media Fill Broth Now Available in Convenient Ready-to-use Bags</title>
    <description>Designed specifically for pharmaceutical media fill trials, these ready-to-use bags can simply be connected to your process simulation, eliminating the need for bulk media preparation.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Brilliance E. coli/coliform Selective Agar Allows E.coli Confirmation Directly on Plate</title>
    <description>Optimization of Oxoid Brilliance E. coli/coliform Selective Agar allows purple, presumptive-positive E. coli colonies to be confirmed directly on the plate by performing the indole reaction.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid IDEIA Kit Allows Rapid Diagnosis of Norovirus</title>
    <description>IDEIA Norovirus provides sensitive and specific results in less than 2 hours, allowing outbreaks to be identified quickly.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Laboratories Encouraged to Equip Themselves for the Winter Flu Season</title>
    <description>Oxoid offers a range of valuable diagnostic tools for the detection of respiratory disease caused by influenza virus Types A and B.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:35:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Infection Control Awards Open - 1st Prize GBP5,000</title>
    <description>The 2008/2009 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards are now open for entry, the awards are designed to recognise and reward the dedicated teams of infection control microbiologists, nurses and doctors.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Rewards Young Microbiologist for Excellent Research Project</title>
    <description>Student recognized for investigations into the potential use of bacteriophage coatings for the prevention of microbial colonisation on medical devices.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:27:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/603h289.php</link>
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    <title>Oxoid Kits for Detection of Staph Exotoxins - Toxic Shock Syndrome Update</title>
    <description>Oxoid offers a range of kits for the detection of bacterial toxins, including the staphylococcal exotoxins that are primarily responsible for toxic shock syndrome.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oxoid Dry-Bags make Media Preparation Fast and Easy</title>
    <description>Oxoid now offers food microbiologists a fast and convenient way to prepare and dispense large volumes of culture media and diluents.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:23:12 GMT</pubDate>
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