- Mobile Laboratory - Autonomous, its fits where you need it.
- Speed - Time to result: 15 minutes, no enrichment needed.
- Simplicity - No expertise required
- Accuracy - Detection range from 1 to ≈ 5 000 microorganisms/volume analysed
- Liquid sample - Sampling from 100µL to 200mL
- Traceability - Full Data integrity, 21 CFR 11 compliant
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Solid Phase Cytometry meets Artificial Intelligence TECHNOPATH partners with Microbs for their fully automated solution. To boost productivity in your microbial QC lab, Microbs launches IAN®, an Ultra Rapid Microbiological Method allowing an accurate enumeration of bacteria, yeast and mould within minutes, not days! With IAN®, you can redesign your quality control. No need to wait days to check the microbiological quality of your production. IAN® gives you a quantitative measurement of your contamination in 15 minutes using our innovative direct non-growth detection method.
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Why wait? TECHNOPATH partners with CertaBlue for their rapid microbiology technology. CertaBlue is based on rapid detection of several metabolic processes that take place within the growing organism. The system can detect colour changes through highly sensitive optical sensors. All vials are ready to use, prefilled with media and equipped with CertaBlue sensors. In most cases, the vials can be inoculated with a non-diluted high volume sample. The CertaBlue vials contain an optical sensor, which can detect carbon dioxide as the universal indicator for microbial growth. The sensor is placed in the bottom of the vial, where it directly detects carbon dioxide changes. CertaBlue sensors are only permeable for gases. Liquids, dyed / heavily coloured products and other particles can’t falsify results. What can CertaBlue offer you:
- Simplified test procedures
- Ready-to-use vials including media and CertaBlue sensor
- Test procedure consists of just adding your sample to the vial
- Results in hours instead of days
- Real-time detection and early warning of positive samples
- Ensures a quick and safe product release
- Better recovery of injured and / or damaged microorganisms
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Hands-on training & performance verification improves pathogen detection. Data collected from environmental sampling of surfaces is highly dependent on the operator. Understanding and quantitatively characterising the percent recovery and consistency of sample collection by an operator drives improved detection and prevention of pathogens. Performance verification involves determining the percent recovery and consistency of an operator who collects samples in an environmental sampling program. Introducing Enverify™, a quantitative positive control for environmental sampling programs and comprises a flat substrate with a specific quantity of viable microorganisms coated on the surface. The microbes are safe-to-handle and are coated across a 10 cm x 10 cm area. Enverify™ provides a standardised tool for hands-on training and performance verification of operators that collect samples in environmental sampling programs. Enverify™ is compatible with contact plates, swab sampling devices, and sponge sample devices. Activities Involving Environmental Sampling:
- Environmental monitoring for pathogens or indicator organisms
- Sanitation verification using ATP or indicator organisms
- Verification of hygienic restoration following adverse events
- Verification of containment during construction activities
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Certified Reference Material The ultimate in authenticity. Epower CRM quantitative quality control microorganisms, from Microbiologics®, are just one passage from the reference strain. If your lab is ISO 17025 accredited, Epower CRM can help you meet the requirements of Section 5.6.3.2 regarding reference materials. This product offers plenty of flexibility, which is a huge benefit in the lab. Each microorganism pellet has a pre-determined range of CFUs, so you can easily manipulate the product to deliver your desired concentration. You can also create a mixed microorganism population by combining multiple Epower CRM strains. As a Certified Reference Material, Epower CRM comes with a comprehensive Certificate of Analysis detailing the strains identity, characteristics and standard deviation. Applications & Test Methods
- ISO 17025 laboratories requiring CRM
- Detection and enumeration methods
- Verification/Validation
- Bioburden determination
- Minimal lethal concentration
- Disinfectant qualification
- Water tests
- Proficiency tests
- Methods requiring a specific CFU range
- Mixed microorganism population challenge
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Quantitative spore-forming QC microorganisms for spoilage detection methods Introducing EZ-SPORE, from Microbiologics®. Spore-forming pathogens can present unique challenges for food laboratories that are conducting tests to detect these contaminants. That’s why food microbiology labs across the globe rely on EZ-SPORE quantitative microorganism preparations for validating their spoilage detection methods or for disinfectant qualification studies. EZ-SPORE preparations provide a concentration of 104 CFU per pellet, making microbiological challenge testing for spore-formers quicker and easier. Applications & Test Methods
- Daily food process controls
- Spoilage detection methods
- Disinfectant Qualification Studies
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Helping microbiologists spread culture since 1986 Introducing KWIK-STICK, from Microbiologics®. Laboratories throughout the world have been praising the KWIK-STIK for decades. That’s because its simple, all-inclusive design makes life easier for lab techs while reducing chances for errors. Each KWIK-STIK contains a qualitative lyophilised microorganism pellet, ampoule of hydrating fluid and inoculating swab. Everything you need to grow reference cultures for QC testing is included in this one handy device. Available in packs of 2 or 6, KWIK-STIKs are universally used for all types of microbiological control testing Applications & Test Methods
- Culture Purposes
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- Verification and Validation
- QC of Identification Systems and Assay Kits
- QC of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test
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Qualitative control strains as Certified Reference Material for ISO 17025 accredited labs Increasing regulatory oversight in food, pharmaceutical and water industries has prompted many microbiology labs to seek accreditation to ISO 17025 standards. The Lab-Elite CRM, from Microbiologics®, is designed to help those labs meet the requirements of this standard which specify that “reference materials shall, where possible, be traceable to SI units of measurements, or to Certified Reference Materials (section 5.6.3.2)”. Lab-Elite CRM microorganisms are just one passage from the reference culture and are delivered in our signature KWIK-STIK format. As a Certified Reference Material, Lab-Elite comes with a comprehensive Certificate of Analysis detailing the strains identity and characteristics. Applications & Test Methods
- ISO 17025 laboratories requiring CRM
- Validation/verification of processes and instruments
- Presence/Absence
- Identification methods
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Qualitative control strains for QC testing It doesn’t get much easier than the LYFO-DISK from Microbiologics®. Simply rehydrate LYFO DISK qualitative microorganism pellets with a diluent, such as phosphate buffer or saline, and you’re ready to inoculate your culture media. LYFO DISK, packaged in a glass vial containing 6 pellets of a single strain, offers a ton of flexibility. It's an ideal solution for many quality control applications including presence/absence testing, microbial identification methods, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, media QC, water testing and more! Applications & Test Methods
- Culture Purposes
- Media and reagent QC
- QC of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test
- QC of microbial identification including biochemical, PCR and rapid molecular methods
- Water tests (e.g. enzyme substrates)
- Disinfectant studies
- Verifications and Validations
- Proficiency tests
- Daily QC
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QC microorganisms with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) markers It’s not uncommon for food samples to inadvertently become contaminated with control strains used in the laboratory. This leads to false-positive results which can have severe financial and regulatory implications. UV-BioTAG, our line of reference strains containing green fluorescent protein (GFP) markers, make it easy to distinguish standard microorganism strains from laboratory control strains. Optimised for highly visible fluorescence, UV-BioTAG strains provide better stability because the GFP marker is integrated into the chromosome rather than the plasmid. With UV-BioTAG, you can quickly and reliably establish whether a positive test result can be traced back to a control strain cross-contamination issue, or if it is from another source. Applications & Test Methods
- Enumeration Methods
- Detection Methods
- Demonstration of Capability (DOC)
- Media QC
- Validation/Verification
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Rapid and accurate determination of milk products chemical composition Semi-automatic and automatic versions from 100 up to 300 samples/hour The DairySpec FT uses FTIR spectroscopy for extremely accurate and reliable milk and dairy products chemical composition determination. Analysing up to 64 parameters simultaneously, the DairySpec FT is the optimal solution for the quality control of raw and processed materials. It gives access to the very fine analysis of milk and dairy products chemical composition (fat, proteins, casein, lactose, solids, urea, citric acid, fatty acids profil, FPD). Highly reliable and accurate for milk (raw, UHT, ...) and dairy products (cream, whey, permeate, retentate, ...) analysis. Adaptable to measure other products and parameters upon request. The spectra are standardised in real time to optimise calibrations transferability, stability and qualitative analysis (adulteration). Direct access to spectra for the development of new calibrations. 3M™ Clean-Trace™ Surface ATP UXL100 3M™ Clean-Trace™ Water Plus - Total ATP AQT200 3M™ Clean-Trace™ Water - Free ATP AQF100
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Precise determination of somatic cell counts in all types of raw milk Semi-automatic and automatic versions from 100 up to 300 samples/hour The SomaCount FC delivers a rapid and accurate measurement somatic cell counts (SCC) for early mastitis detection in dairy milk. The smallest and most accurate instrument available for the counting of somatic cells in raw milk. Robust and reliable, it is used in both regulatory and high performing dairy laboratories around the globe. Flow cytometry at its best. For any laboratory where precision and performance is essential. It guarantees the accurate counting of somatic cells in milk at a maximum speed of 300 samples/hour (6 versions available: manual, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300). The automatic SomaCount FC version is coupled to a conveyor system.
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Simultaneous Somatic Cell and Component Analysis Automatic versions from 100 up to 300 samples/hour System that combines the DairySpec FT for component analysis and the SomaCount FC for Somatic Cell Counting. The combination of these two flagship methods provides a complete overview of milk chemical and hygienic composition by analysing up to 64 parameters simultaneously. Different versions of DairySpec Combi are available (100, 150, 200, 250, 300) up to a maximum speed of 300 samples/hour. The sampling, sequencing and identification of the sample vials are functions performed by the Autosampler. Compatible with the ILAS 3000 ROBOT: Automation System for Milk Analysers