Microbiology News: Jun 2020

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Microbiology News: Jun 2020

Special Focus on Choosing the Right Swab

30 Jun 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Capture, maintain and release - that's all a swab has to do but there are a range of different swab materials and different transport systems. Browse through some of the options in our rapidmicrobiology special focus on swabs, covering applications in clinical and food sectors. more...

Enhanced Performance and High-Throughput Screening up to 384 Samples Simultaneously

30 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The GenePro SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test, developed by Gencurix (South Korea), has received FDA-EUA. The kit can work on a varitey of PCR instruments and has been designed to work on 384-well plates, quadrupling standard runs. more...

Early Validation Data on COVID-19 Antigen Test Shows Promise Say Developers

30 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Avacta and Cytiva, who are developing a point-of-care COVID-19 antigen detection test, are pleased with early performance data and claim the test can detect the virus' spike protein within the clinical range found in the saliva of COVID-19 patients. more...

Hygiene Monitoring: Have Confidence in Your Cleaning Programme

29 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Hygiene monitoring is an essential part of any food production process. But how do you make sure you are taking accurate samples? NEOGEN’s patented AccuPoint^® samplers greatly increase the accuracy and consistency of ATP sampling. more...

Free Samples! WESAIL 5 Min CE-Marked IgM/IgG Antibody COVID-19 Test Kit

29 Jun 2020 | Clinical

COVID19 Colloidal Gold IgMIgG antibody test

WESAIL Biotech launches IgM/IgG Antibody COVID-19 Test Kit with 99% specificity and ≥90% sensitivity. It is used for the qualitative detection of IgM/IgG antibody in human whole blood/serum/plasma samples and indicates recent and previous infections in one single test. more...

Warning Letters Sent to Risky COVID-19 Antibody Test Kit Suppliers

26 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The US FDA has sent out warning letters to several companies who are illegally marketing COVID-19 serology kits as FDA approved and for also using the FDA logo on kits. FDA are encouraging health care professionals and consumers to report any concerns on quality to the FDA's MedWatch. more...

To Ask The Correct Question Choose The Correct Swab – Choose MWE!

25 Jun 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Sigma Transwab^® & Transwab^® - best for bacteriology, Transwab^® - the best gel swab, Sigma Transwab^® - best for automated platforms, Fecal Transwab^® - best for enterics, Sigma Virocult^® - best for viruses, Sigma VCM^™ - best universal /multi-purpose. more...

BIOTECON's New Dualo 32^® RT-PCR Cycler Gets Optimized for Beer & Beverage Applications

25 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Dualo 32 BIOTECON Beverage RT PCR Detection KIt

BIOTECON Diagnostics has launched its new real-time PCR cycler: the Dualo 32^®. Use the foodproof^® Beer Screening Kits and foodproof^® Spoilage Yeast Detection Kits with the Dualo 32, and you can detect more than 30 of the most important beer spoilage bacteria and several spoilage yeasts. more...

New Test Uses Surrogate Virus to Check Effectiveness of Cleaning for COVID-19

25 Jun 2020 | Food & BeverageOther

Campden BRI Phi6 virus SARS CoV 2 Surrogate Cleaning

Campden BRI has developed a new test using a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus to assess the effectiveness of disinfection operations. Campden BRI can test sanitisers and other cleaning products in its UK laboratories, and can also test and advise on the effectiveness of cleaning practices. more...

First Commercial Lab USA Offering Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater

24 Jun 2020 | Water

Monitoring water samples collected from wastewater treatment facilities for coronavirus RNA, can provide data on the prevalance of COVID-19 within a community, track the spread of the virus and alert communities to a rise in RNA levels before clinical diagnosis. more...

High Quality Swabs for Collection and Transportation of Samples

23 Jun 2020 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

Swabs for sample collection and transportation

Alpha Laboratories has the expertise to respond to unique requirements and can help you choose the right swab to preserve your sample and protect your staff. more...

Chinese 'Allowed List' of NMPA Approved CE-IVD & US FDA EUA COVID-19 Test Kit Suppliers

23 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) are constantly updating their 'allowed' of COVID-19 test kit vendors who they have given approval for export. You can download the most recent list here. more...

Expansion of FSIS STEC Testing to Additional Raw Beef Products

23 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced plans to expand its routine verification testing for six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coil (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145) aswell as E. coli O157:H7. more...

Chembio Loses FDA EUA for Antibody Test Due to Higher Than Expected False Results

23 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The US FDA have revoked an EUA given to Chembio for its COVID-19 serology test. Data submitted by Chembio and an independent study found the DPP COVID-19 IgM/IgG System showed a higher rate of false results that outweighed it's benefit to COVID-19 testing regimes. more...

LGC SeraCare Expands SARS-CoV-2 Serology Offering with 11-Member, Positive-Patient Performance Panel

23 Jun 2020 | Clinical

LGC SeraCare has launched AccuSet™ SARS-CoV-2 Performance Panel; an out-of-the-box solution to provide confidence, mitigate sourcing challenges and accelerate antibody assay development, validation, verification and onboarding. more...

ChromaCode's High-definition COVID-19 qPCR test is now FDA-EUA

22 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Chromacode's high-definition multiplex technology is now used to detect SARS-CoV-2. The HDPCR™ SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time PCR Assay is now FDA-EUA, allows high-throughput testing and runs on standard qPCR instruments with no on-site training required. more...

The CompactDry™ Plate Line Offers a Variety of Organism-Specific and Total Count Tests

22 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Microbiology culture media in easy to use cassettes

Looking for a cannabis microbiology testing solution that you can trust while keeping your profitability in mind? Perfect for screening, confirmation and more, CompactDry™ is an easy and efficient microbiology solution for labs of every size. more...

AMSBIO Launch Better Specific-Antibody Binding COVID-19 Products

22 Jun 2020 | Clinical

AMSBio SARS CoV 2 Spike Protein Research

Adding to its ever-expanding COVID-19 portfolio which includes recombinant proteins, antibodies, inhibitor screening kits, AMSBIO has launched a new range of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Products to be used in immunocapture, cell-stimulating, flow cytometry applications, ELISA assays and biopanning. more...

foodproof^® Enterobacteriaceae plus Salmonella Detection LyoKit Just Launched

19 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

foodproof Salmonella Enterobacteriaceae Lyo Biotecon

EC 2073 has required the testing of powdered infant formula for Salmonella and recommends screening for the Enterobacteriaceae family. BIOTECON Diagnostics real time-PCR foodproof Enterobacteriaceae plus Salmonella Detection LyoKit can detect both in a single assay. more...

Quidel Receives Amended FDA-EUA for Rapid Antigen COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay

18 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Quidel's Sofia® SARS Antigen FIA, the first FDA-Emergency Use Authorized COVID-19 Antigen test, is now allowed to run on both of Quidel's Point-of-Care instruments; the Sofia 1 & 2. The instruments provide a result within 15 minutes. more...

What Caused Most Food Recalls in 2019 & What are the Future Trends

18 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Blue Paper 4th edition Merieux NutriSciences

In this exclusive interview with rapidmicrobiology, Etienne Casal, Senior VP Europe at Mérieux NutriSciences gives readers a glimpse of what to expect in the newly released Blue Paper (4th ed.) on 'European food safety trends, key issues & perspectives' and future editions. more...

Danish Robots Assist Hard-Pressed Laboratory Technicians with COVID-19 Testing

17 Jun 2020 | Laboratory Equipment

Flowbot ONE, a Danish designed robot is becoming popular in Europe and Australia, where clinical laboratories are putting it to use in manipulating multiple live samples of SARS-CoV-2 simultaneously for analysis, potentially removing risk to personnel and error from the process. more...

PerkinElmer Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for EUROIMMUN COVID-19 RT-PCR Test

16 Jun 2020 | Clinical

EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer Company, has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EURORealTime SARS-CoV-2 assay. more...

New Leap Forward for SARS-CoV-2 Detection - Designed for Ultra Sensitive, High Throughout Testing

16 Jun 2020 | Clinical

PCR Biosystems' 4x RT-qPCR kit enables ultra-sensitive, high-throughput detection of viral RNA sequences, the new kit allows users to add more sample to their reactions to boost analytical sensitivity, even when working with small volume reactions. more...

Beckman Coulter Ramps Up Capacity for CE-IVD COVID-19 Antibody Test

15 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Access IgG COVID 19 CE mark Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter has received CE-marking for its Access SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay. The serology test detects IgG antibodies targeting the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein and has confirmed 100% sensitivity and 99.8% specificity. Beckman Coulter can now manufacture 30 million tests per month. more...

ALS Expands A2LA Scope to Cover COVID-19 Surface Testing

15 Jun 2020 | Food & BeverageClinical

ALS, the international provider of lab services, has added surface testing for SARS-COV-2 to its US labs. ALS is one of the first to be accredited for this type of test by A2LA. The customer swabs their surfaces and sends this on to A2LA for testing. more...

IDEXX's Medical Diagnostics Company Receives EU and US Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 Test

12 Jun 2020 | Clinical

OPTI Medical Systems (IDEXX Laboratories) has received CE-marking for its FDA-EUA OPTI^® SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test kit. OPTI Medical was also awarded FDA-EUA for OPTI DNA/RNA Magnetic Bead Kit for nucleic acid extraction: Allowing OPTI to provide labs with a complete COVID-19 testing solution. more...

Illumina Receives First FDA-EUA for a Seq-Based COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

12 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The Illumina COVIDSeq™ Test is the first sequencing-based method to detect SARS-CoV-2 awarded EUA from the US FDA. It allows high-throughput testing, accommodating up to 3,072 samples per run on the NovaSeq™ 6000 Sequencing System & returns results in 24 hours. more...

TBG's COVID-19 Test Portfolio Now Includes Rapid Antibody & FDA-EUA qPCR Kits

12 Jun 2020 | Clinical

TBG Diagnostics Ltd (TDL), a global molecular diagnostics company with its manufacturing hub based in Taiwan, has been awarded US FDA-EUA for its CE-marked ExProbe™ SARS-CoV-2 Test Kit. TDL also has a CE-marked SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Kit with a result turnaround of 15 minutes. more...

Video Introduces Don Whitley Scientific’s Contract Microbiology Labs

11 Jun 2020 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

This new DWS video presents an introduction to their GLP compliant contract microbiology research laboratories, providing services from routine analysis/quality control to substantial research and development programmes. more...

Roche's FDA-EUA COVID-19 Test Predicts a 'Cytokine Storm'

10 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Roche has received FDA-EUA for its Elecsys IL-6 test that warns clinicians their patients are at risk of severe inflammatory response due to COVID-19. The test measures levels of biomarker interleukin 6 (IL-6), which at high levels is known as a 'Cytokine Storm', that can be fatal. more...

Is it Clean? Be Sure. ATP Testing & Sanitation

09 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Fast and easy way to monitor the success of cleaning and disinfection procedures with MVP ICON^® system. more...

FDA Publish Performance Evaluation of EUA COVID-19 Antibody Tests

09 Jun 2020 | Clinical

The US CDC, in collaboration with NIH, BARDA, FDA & DoD has performed evaluation studies on FDA- EUA COVID-19 Antibody test kits. Links to supplier pages with contact info, news articles and instruction booklets are provided on this page. more...

Eurofins Technologies Launch COVID-19 Total Antibody ELISA Assay

09 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Eurofins Technologies announces the launch of INgezim COVID 19 DR kits, a serology-based total antibody (IgG, IgA and IgM) detection ELISA assay (open platform) for indirect diagnostic of past exposure to COVID-19.With an incubation time of 75 minutes and no requirement for sample pre-dilution. more...

Omega Bio-tek’s New Viral RNA Extraction Kit for COVID-19

09 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Omega Bio-tek Launches a New Viral RNA Extraction Kit for COVID-19 Testing with Production Capacity for 6 Million Tests A Month. The new magnetic bead-based extraction kit is adaptable to most liquid handling platforms for scalable, high-throughput purification. more...

How to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols Using Environmental Air Sampler

08 Jun 2020 | Clinical

As the world moves into the next phase of COVID-19 pandemic control the challenging task of re-opening public spaces without compromising public safety requires science-based surety. Bertin Technologies can help with the Coriolis Air Sampler + RT-PCR platform that collects and detects SARS-CoV-2. more...

Alpha Labs' COVID-19 Swabs Can Be Used with Alternative VTM

05 Jun 2020 | Clinical

Alpha lab's swabs meet UK Government guidelines for COVID-19 sampling. They are manufactured in ISO class 8 or higher cleanroom conditions, under an ISO:13485 accredited quality system, certified free of PCR inhibitors, human DNA, RNase, DNase and pyrogens and sterilized by irradiation or EtO. more...

COVID-19: Sigma Virocult^®- the VTM You Can Trust

05 Jun 2020 | Clinical

MWE's Virocult® medium has shown to be completely reliable on molecular platforms, whether PCR or antigen, as well as the gold standard cell culture methods. A recent study shows it's possible to test directly from Sigma Virocult® medium using RT-qPCR without extraction. more...

Performing an Endotoxin Test Using a rFC Assay and Automated Pipetting Robot

05 Jun 2020 | Pharmaceutical

The ENDOZYME® II GO kit for endotoxin testing is a recombinant factor C (rFC) assay with a 96-well microplate GOPLATE™. Preparation time is reduced five-fold with the aid of an automated pipetting robot (ASSIST PLUS), and throughput increased by 33% with on-deck INHECO microplate heater. more...

Making COVID-19 ELISA Testing Safer and Easier with Convenient Buffer Removal

05 Jun 2020 | Clinical

As the SARS-CoV-2 virus matures within the community, serology testing has ramped up. ELISA kits are a mainstay in clinical laboratory and this aspiration system can avoid unneccesary mistakes and is simple and ready-to-use. more...

World Accreditation Day - 9 June 2020

05 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

June 9th 2020 marks World Accreditation Day (#WAD2020), a global initiative established by ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) and IAF (International Accreditation Forum) to promote the value of accreditation. more...

FDA EUA for 3DMed Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction System and Associated Kits

05 Jun 2020 | Clinical

When the ANDiS®350 Nucleic Acid Extraction System is used with 3DMed's 2019-nCov nucleic acid detection kits (ANDiS SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A&B RT-qPCR Detection Kit and ANDiS SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR Detection Kit), the detection sensitivity will be higher and the results more accurate. more...

Accelerate Recommissioning and Mitigate Legionella Risks with Hydrosense

04 Jun 2020 | Water

Hydrosense’s ultra-fast Legionella pneumophila SG1 test spots serious problems, fast. It creates immediate calls to action, quicker remedial solutions and mitigates the risk of potentially devastating Legionella outbreaks and public health impacts. more...

Logos Biosystems LUNA-FX7™ Automated Cell Counter - Greater Accuracy and Higher Throughputs

03 Jun 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Combining accuracy, speed, flexibility, and ease of use, Logos Biosystems, LUNA-FX7^™is the latest addition to the LUNA^™ cell counter family. more...

Priorclave Gains Saudi Arabian FDA Approval for its Autoclave Range

03 Jun 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Priorclave Autoclave ETL EMC UKAS CE PED ASME

Priorclave has gained approval by the SFDA- Saudi Food & Drug Authority, for its entire range of research-grade laboratory autoclaves. Priorclave has developed and manufactures more than 60 standard laboratory models at its UK production facility. more...

Food Pathogen Testing - Complete Solutions for Service Laboratories: All in One Place

02 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Food pathogen testing for contract service labs

Bio-Rad Laboratories is an innovative, trusted global partner for food safety - delivering fast results, easy-to-use optimized workflows, with capacity to increase throughput. more...

A State-of-the-Art Mobile COVID-19 Testing Platform

02 Jun 2020 | Clinical

A mobile platform for COVID-19 testing has been developed through a Tangen BioSciences and LabWare partnership. The rapid portable test and disease surveillance kit will be used in drive-up test centres and assisted-living premises to provide rapid results to patients and CDC. more...

Reliable Tracking for Large-Scale COVID-19 Testing Labs

02 Jun 2020 | Clinical

To assist labs involved with the essential RT-PCR assay part of the “test, trace and isolate” strategy for dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic – Ziath has introduced two optimized packages for reliable tracking of patient samples submitted for Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. more...

US Pharmacopeia Publish Recombinant Factor C (rFC) Compendial Notice and Prospectus

02 Jun 2020 | Pharmaceutical

USP has provided guidelines for Recombinant Factor C (rFC), critical to the development of vaccines and other sterile pharma products. USP is also making draft guidelines on rFC testing available for developers of COVID-19 vaccine and therapies as part of the Trust Accelerated program. more...

Special Focus on World Food Safety Day 2020 - Food Safety, It's Everyone's Business

02 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

As part of World Food Safety Day 2020, this rapidmicrobiology special focus details products that can help manufacturers and microbiology laboratories ensure safe, reliable food, every time. more...

INTERSCIENCE is Proud to Support World Food Safety Day!

01 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

The INTERSCIENCE range of products and unique solutions are designed to avoid risk of cross contamination during sample preparation, reduce repetitive and tedious operations and ensure traceability and saving of all data. more...

Environmental Swabbing for Norovirus – Prevent Outbreaks with Puritan

01 Jun 2020 | Food & Beverage

Puritan’s Norovirus Collection and Transport System is used for the detection of human norovirus on environmental contamination during outbreaks. Available dry or pre-moistened it detects viruses when clinical samples are not available and monitors the effectiveness of cleaning practices. more...

Thermo Scientific Listeria Precis Methods next generation culture media technology

Rapid Sterility and Bioburden Testing for Pharmaceuticals

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