Microbiology News: Oct 2016

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Microbiology News: Oct 2016

Enhance Your Food Testing Programs with STEC Reference Materials

31 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageOther

Support routine verification testing for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with authenticated strains, quantitated nucleic acids, and reporter-labeled controls. more...

Microbiologics ID Panels for Bruker MALDI Biotyper Systems Validation

31 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Panels for validation of Bruker MALDI Biotyper

For pharmaceutical labs needing to meet regulatory and SOP validation requirements for the MALDI Biotyper and Biotyper CA Systems, Microbiologics have partnered with Bruker to produce co-branded panels to make this testing more efficient and cost effective. more...

Complete Testing Solutions for Legionella in Water, Biofilm and Aerosols

31 Oct 2016 | WaterOther

Bio-Rad offers a complete testing solution for Legionella in water, biofilm and aerosol samples, from fast, reliable PCR testing with iQ-Check Legionella range, for quantitative or qualitative results through to traditional culture media and latex confirmation. more...

The Challenge of Detecting Foodborne Viruses

26 Oct 2016 | Food & Beverage

Martin D’Agostino, a food virologist at Campden BRI describes the difficulties laboratories face when trying to detect food borne viruses. more...

Automated Hepatitis Viral Load Testing Offered at LabCorp

25 Oct 2016 | Clinical

Roche's new cobas® 8800 system automates the entire molecular diagnostics testing process—from specimen preparation and nucleic acid extraction/purification through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and detection—and is the first high-throughput molecular system to be approved by the FDA for CLIA moderately complex testing. more...

Enterobacterial Resistance to Polymyxin Detected by Colour Change Test

25 Oct 2016 | ClinicalOther

ELITechGroup Microbiology have released its new Rapid Polymyxin NP test, a rapid, reliable and cost-effective way to detect polymyxin (polymyxin E or Colistin, polymyxin B) resistant Enterobacteriaceae using colour change in the presence of colistin. more...

Pipetting Tips - straight as a plate or as uneven as a mountain range?

25 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

For perfectly aligned pipette tips every time - INTEGRA GripTips never loosen, leak or fall off, the special design ensures tips cannot be overloaded and that all tips on the multichannel pipette are fitted to exactly the same height so improving the reproducibility and accuracy of your pipetting. more...

New 2000mL Sterile Bags for Microbiology from INTERSCIENCE

25 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageOther

Interscience introduce new 2000ml. size blender bags, suitable for pooled 5x25g or 375g food samples. more...

CE Mark for HiberGene Group B Strep Direct Swab Test

25 Oct 2016 | Clinical

The HG GBS Test uses LAMP and was developed for use in clinical and near patient settings, and the new direct swab application can be used to rapidly and accurately diagnose the presence of Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women. more...

Isolator Eliminates Batch to Batch Cleaning Validation

21 Oct 2016 | Pharmaceutical

Solo Containment have supplied six negative pressure inert gas isolators to 4D Pharma PLC, the flexible part of the isolators are disposable, intended for 1 to 2 days use only, so batch to batch cleaning validation is not required. more...

Gosselin™ Pipette Controller Includes Membrane Filter and Autoclavable Holder

21 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The Gosselin™ Pipette Controller is suited for pipetting tasks in microbiological sample preparation and testing, the controller incorporates a PTFE membrane filter (0.2 µm and 0.45 µm) together with an autoclavable silicone pipette holder prevents sample contamination issues. more...

Sterile DNase/RNase-free Filter Tips Helps Avoid Contamination

18 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Rainin Pipet-Lite™ XLS pipettes and filter tips are a popular choice for researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, USA, where they are used for virus work, particularly experiments involving DNA and RNA studies, and it is essential to avoid any potential for contamination. more...

New Motorized Tip Spacing Pipettes

18 Oct 2016 | Other

For rapid and optimised multichannel pipetting between microplates, tube racks and gel boxes of different sizes and formats, INTEGRA's new VOYAGER II pipettes allow you to expand tip spacing anywhere between 4.5 mm and 33 mm (depending on the model). more...

Pharmaceutical Product Spotlight

18 Oct 2016 | Pharmaceutical

Hardy Diagnostics will be showcasing an array of products with one word in mind: sterility, range includes the Trio.Bas a triple headed air sampler, TapTight™ Contact Plates which are triple bagged and irradiated to a Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) of 10^-6 and the Sterisart® Membrane Filtration System. Booth #218 more...

Microbiologics Custom Solutions

18 Oct 2016 | Pharmaceutical

What do you do when you find an organism in your manufacturing environment? Microbiologics Custom Solutions can help with your next steps - genotypic and phenotypic identification, preparation of isolate in ready-to-use format and storage services. Booth #302 more...

Special Focus - What's on Show at PDA 2016

18 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Whether you are attending this year's PDA Micro meeting or just want to keep up to date with the latest in products for the pharma microbiology laboratory, you can see here what's going to be on show. more...

Flu is Coming! Are You Ready?

18 Oct 2016 | ClinicalOther

Medical Wire's ∑-Virocult® is suitable for the recovery and detection of viruses whether you are using molecular diagnostics or conventional culture techniques, they are also available to kit manufacturers. more...

Surrogate, Non-Pathogenic Microbes for Validation In-Plant

17 Oct 2016 | Food & Beverage

SurroNov surrogate microorganisms maybe a key tool for food companies to comply with FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food. more...

Sample6 Collaborates with FDA and Accelerates Commercial Expansion

17 Oct 2016 | Food & Beverage

Using the on-site, in-shift pathogen diagnostic Sample6 DETECT in conjunction with Sample6 CONTROL, a cloud-based management and control system for food safety, manufacturers can be more in control of food safety. more...

Charles River Microbial Solutions Extensive QC Portfolio

17 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Charles River Microbial Solutions will be showing their extensive QC microbiology portfolio including Endotoxin testing solutions, Accugenix^® Axcess^® microbial identification system, Real-Time EM tracking and trending data management and Celsis^® rapid microbial detection. Booth#308. more...

ABRx™ Antibiotic Resistance Panel Detects 17 Resistance Genes

11 Oct 2016 | Clinical

ABRx Panel detects clinically relevant gene variants directly from clinical samples without the need for time-consuming bacterial isolation and identification. more...

E.coli O157 in Raw Milk Cheese - Company Disputes Ban

11 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageOther

Following an outbreak of E.coli O157, Food Standards Scotland have banned all cheese products made by Errington Cheese, however Professor High Pennington thinks this was a heavy handed over reaction. more...

New BD Veritor™ Plus System for Secure, Traceable POC

11 Oct 2016 | Clinical

The BD Veritor is a hand held reader of Point of Care immunoassays which offers improved QC by recording user ID, specimen ID and test kit lot to improve traceability and decreases manual documentation. more...

APAS® Can Screen and Sort Up To 200 Clinical Plates Per Hour

10 Oct 2016 | Clinical

The APAS® is a stand-alone culture plate reader that screens and sorts plates into significant and non-significant growth, capable of sorting up to 200 plates per hour the system has received FDA 510(k) clearance as a Class II medical device. more...

Real-time Viable Particle Monitoring: How Does it Work? How Can it Help?

10 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Patrick M. Hutchins, PhD – Global Product Manager, TSI Inc. reviews laser induced fluorescence (LIF) as an alternative method for real-time detection of airborne microorganisms, its benefits, current methods, applications in aseptic manufacturing, and the regulatory outlook. more...

New Motorized Tip Spacing Pipettes

10 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Automatically change spacing of pipette tips

Available in 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-channel versions, INTEGRA's VOYAGER II pipettes are the only commercially available pipette range where the tip spacing can be changed electronically, up to 40 individual custom programs can be saved making often repeated pipetting protocols even easier to implement. more...

Fast, Safe Ultrafiltration of Biologics and Vaccines

10 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Sartorius Stedim Biotech launches two single-use Sartocon® Loop Assemblies with Integrated Polyethersulfone (PESU) Membrane Assemblies saving up to 60 percent on processing time and offer a safe approach to ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines more...

Priorclave Features Energy Efficient Autoclaves at Medica

05 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Priorclave will be exhibiting their range of low energy laboratory autoclaves at Medica 2016, in Dusseldorf 14th - 17th November, an autoclave with a clear sided panel will allow stand visitors to see inside and view the clean, structured lines of the build. more...

FDA Clearance for Quidel's Solana® Influenza A+B Assay

04 Oct 2016 | Clinical

The Solana Influenza A+B assay is a rapid molecular test for Flu A and B requiring no upfront extraction of RNA and generating an accurate result in approximately 45 minutes now with FDA approval. more...

Clear Labs Offers WGS Testing Service to Food Industry

04 Oct 2016 | Food & BeverageOther

Clear Labs is offering a Whole Genome Sequencing service to the food industry to help identify specific pathogen strains, trace root cause of problems - correlate strain of bacterial with specific food ingredient or supplier. more...

PathoQuest’s NGS-based Test Identifies Viral Contaminants in Biologics

04 Oct 2016 | OtherPharmaceutical

Following a partnership agreement, Charles River customers can access PathoQuest’s NGS-based testing solution, which identifies viral contaminants in biological products via a single comprehensive test, overcoming limitations of current viral safety testing methods. more...

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