Microbiology News: Jun 2013

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Microbiology News: Jun 2013

Simple Media Dispensing - Smart, Compact Peristaltic Pump

25 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

DOSE IT is an intuitive programmable peristaltic pump from INTEGRA that simplifies the dispensing of culture media, buffers etc. for volumes ranging from 0.1mL to 999mL. more...

Cherwell Process Validation & Environmental Monitoring Product Range

25 Jun 2013 | OtherPharmaceutical

At Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) Course, Cherwell will discuss how their products can help provide the ideal solution to meet individual microbiological QA/QC and monitoring requirements. more...

Microbiologics, Provider of Prepared QC Microorganisms, Receives ISO 13485 Certification

25 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Microbiologics comment that certification will enable further expansion in the global marketplace adding to their network of over 140 distributor partners throughout the world more...

Alere Analytics Infection Control and Medication Management Solution

25 Jun 2013 | Clinical

New clinical surveillance solution offers real-time recommendations, patient population analytics and CDC reporting - empowering providers to reduce risk of hospital acquired infections. more...

Next Generation Full Lab Automation and Digital Bacteriology System

25 Jun 2013 | ClinicalOther

The CHU de Québec and COPAN have achieved a landmark first installation of WASPLab in North America giving continuous and automated lab workflow. more...

Escherichia coli serotype O104:H4 QC Strain Now Available

24 Jun 2013 | Food & Beverage

Microbiologics has added E.coli O104:H4 to their QC strains of Shiga-toxin producing E.coli, the ready-to-use, convenient format range also includes the 'Big Six' non-O157 strains. more...

Romer Labs' Laboratory granted ISO Certification for Food Allergen Analysis

18 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageOther

Romer Labs' Union Missouri Laboratory granted an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for analysis of food allergens adding to their previous accreditation for mycotoxins analysis. more...

Lab M Celebrates Successful Launch of new Product Line

17 Jun 2013 | WaterClinicalOther

µPREP Buffered Peptone Water ISO (BPW) is the first product in Lab M's new 'just add water' media line. more...

Assays Targeting the H7N9 Bird Flu Strain and New Coronavirus Strain

17 Jun 2013 | Clinical

Vela Diagnostics have PCR-based RUO tests for the identification of genetic targets specific to H7N9 as well as a highly virulent strain of coronavirus (hCoV-EMC). more...

HAI Sequencing Technology Introduced to Australia and New Zealand

17 Jun 2013 | Clinical

The Pathogenica kit provides sequence data (including strain identity and resistance genes) for hospital acquired infections, making hospital wide screening practical. Research Use Only. more...

Puritan Awarded New European Patents for PurFlock® Ultra and HydraFlock®

17 Jun 2013 | Clinical

The latest patents are the fourth and fifth specimen collection device patents Puritan has been awarded worldwide. Both the PurFlock® Ultra and HydraFlock® swabs are used in viral and bacterial transport systems more...

Canadian Authority Accepts PCR Mycoplasma Test for Release Testing

17 Jun 2013 | Pharmaceutical

The Roche MycoTOOL test can replace conventional mycoplasma detection assays and was accepted by the FDA end of last year. more...

Scharlab Introduce Ready Prepared Tributyrin Agar

11 Jun 2013 | Food & Beverage

Presented in 100mL bottles, Scharlau Tributyrin Agar is ready to melt and pour onto plates with no need for any other additional reagent. more...

3M Food Safety Leverages Petrifilm Technology for Pathogen Detection

11 Jun 2013 | Food & Beverage

3M announce launch of the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System, a new pathogen detection technology that builds upon a solid platform of pathogen detection solutions. more...

New Molecular Amplification Test: illumigene® Mycoplasma, FDA Cleared

11 Jun 2013 | Clinical

Requiring no capital equipment the illumigene Mycoplasma test from Meridian Bioscience can be used on throat and nasopharyngeal swab samples. more...

10th anniversary of BioBall® - Quantitative Microbiological Quality Control

11 Jun 2013 | WaterOtherPharmaceutical

For biopharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, the BioBall uses a small, water-soluble ball with a precise number of viable micro-organisms derived from strains sourced from internationally-recognized culture collections. more...

ELITech Launches New Generation of Slide-staining Instruments

10 Jun 2013 | ClinicalOtherVeterinary

Aerospray® slide stainers are now easier to use with large touch screen, barcode reader and traceability of reagent data, specimen ID, user ID, and cycle operation history. more...

Ceeram Receives IAFP Award for Enterovirus Detection

10 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageOther

Ceeram RT-PCR real time assays for enteric and hepatitis viruses in foods have received the Food Safety Innovation Award from IAFP more...

Food Microbiology Laboratories - New Guidance from Campden BRI

10 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageOther

This 4th edition guide gives advice on good laboratory practice for sound, reliable and accurate microbiological results, helpful for third party laboratory accreditation. more...

Information Management System Speeds Sample Storage

10 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Track-IT is a unique out-of-the-box LIMS/LIS solution designed to enable laboratories to organize and securely track their storage tubes and samples in mere seconds. more...

Reproducible Isolation of High Quality RNA

10 Jun 2013 | Other

Video from INTEGRA shows how researchers use a VIAFLO 384 handheld electronic pipette and RNA isolation kit to reproducibly extract high quality total RNA from cultured cells and bacteria. more...

Lab M Launches µPREP™ Buffered Peptone Water (ISO)

10 Jun 2013 | WaterClinicalOther

New line of bagged, sterile dehydrated microbiological culture media made ready to use simply by adding water, designed primarily for high throughput labs for speed, convenience, reliability and cost-effectiveness more...

AquaticMicrobiologyLab.com Launched by EMSL Analytical, Inc.

04 Jun 2013 | Water

EMSL Analytical provides testing services to identify a wide range of microorganisms from all types of water samples in their state of the art aquatic microbiology laboratory. more...

AFNOR Certifies 3M Molecular Detection Assay E.coli O157 (inc. H7)

04 Jun 2013 | Food & Beverage

Validated for finding E.coli in raw beef, dairy and produce using isothermal DNA amplification and bioluminescence detection technologies. more...

Test Kits for Analysis of Food Allergens & Extraction Buffers for Wine Samples

04 Jun 2013 | Food & BeverageWater

Romer Labs®, launch two new lateral flow test kits (LFDs) for the detection of total milk and of b-Lactoglobulin in food as well as two new extraction buffers, AgraStrip® Wine extraction buffer egg and Casein. more...

Roche Award Winning Lab IT Solution Launched in the UK

04 Jun 2013 | Clinical

Software application enables pathology departments to link multiple lab equipment systems and software, from one or more sites for fully automated workflow management and reporting solution. more...

Fijifilm Pyrostar testing critical water used in the reprocessing of medical devices

SGL Plates and Culture Media for Pharmaceutical Microbiology

QC Standards Controls and Proficiency Testing Schemes

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