What is MicroScan system?
The MicroScan WalkAway is an automated bacterial identification and susceptibility testing system that has only recently been marketed in Australasia.
Who makes MicroScan?
Microscan Systems was acquired by Omron Corporation on Aug 30, 2017 .
How does BD Phoenix work?
The Phoenix system utilizes an optimized colorimetric redox indicator for AST, and a variety of colorimetric and fluorometric indicators for ID. The AST Broth is cation-adjusted (e.g., Ca++ and Mg++) to optimize susceptibility testing performance.
What is Vitek Microbiology?
VITEK 2 is a fully automated system that performs bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing. VITEK 2 offers: Intuitive software. User interface screen for immediate notification of system status to increase productivity. Unique vacuum filler provides both safety and the highest level of automation.
What is MicroScan walk away?
What is BD Phoenix System?
BD PhoenixSpec™ nephelometer
The BD Phoenix nephelometer is a portable device that measures the turbidity of microbial suspensions used in specimen preparation.
What is AST broth?
The Phoenix AST method is a broth based microdilution test. The Phoenix system utilizes a redox indicator for the detection of organism growth in the presence of an antimicrobial agent. Measurements of changes to the indicator as well as bacterial turbidity are used in the determination of bacterial growth.
What is Vitek testing?
Vitek is an identification system that can identify bacteria and yeast. This test uses biochemical reactions and nutrient usage of the microorganism to make the identification. The test requires that a sufficient amount of growth be obtained during a set growth period of 18 – 70 hours.
How does Vitek 2 identify bacteria?
The VITEK 2 system (BioMérieux) is a new automated bacterial identification and susceptibility testing system that uses fluorescence-based technology. Previous studies showed that this system could give reliable identification and susceptibility results with pure bacterial cultures (5, 6, 10).
What is BD Phoenix?
The BD Phoenix™ nephelometer is a portable device that measures the turbidity of microbial suspensions used in specimen preparation.
What is BD Phoenix M50?
The BD Phoenix™ M50 instrument determines growth using both an oxidation-reduction indicator and turbidity growth detection to help provide both rapid and accurate susceptibility results. True doubling dilutions.
What is Sensititre?
The Sensititre System for MIC plate testing supports a mix of manual, semi-, and fully-automated solutions across the AST workflow, as illustrated in the Sensititre introductory video. You can choose which techniques and instruments best fit your lab’s testing routine.
What does AST level mean?
An AST blood test measures the amount of aspartate transferase in your blood. In most cases, your healthcare provider uses an AST blood test to help assess the health of your liver, but it can provide insight into other health conditions as well. When your cells get damaged, AST can leak into your bloodstream.
Why is AST done?
The aim of this procedure is to determine if bacteria are susceptible or resistant to a range of different antibiotics. This is done by plating a standardised suspension of the organisms onto an appropriate agar plate, and then applying antibiotic discs to the surface of the plate prior to incubation.
What is Vitek used for?
VITEK 2 is a fully automated system that performs bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing.
How do you think the Vitek 2 instrument detects bacterial growth?
VITEK® 2 continuously monitors growth in all wells. Growth in the positive control well is monitored until a pre-determined minimum amount of bacterial growth is detected through turbidity measurements (i.e. percent change of raw transmittance units – %ΔRTU).
What is Vitek 2 test?
How does the BD Phoenix work?
What is Phoenix M50?
The BD Phoenix™ M50 system instrument offers identification-only panels and combination ID/AST panels, using 51 wells for identification substrates. The system can provide rapid identification of most clinically significant Gram-negative and Gram- positive bacteria, as well as yeast.
What is EpiCenter BD?
The BD EpiCenter™ data management system is a UNIQUE solution for microbiology laboratories to efficiently communicate and track all the information needed by every professional involved in infection control and patient treatment.
What AST is liver failure?
An AST/ALT ratio higher than one (where the AST is higher than ALT) means you may have cirrhosis. An AST/ALT ratio higher than 2:1 (where the AST is more than twice as high as the ALT) is a sign of alcoholic liver disease.
Are low AST levels good?
Low AST values are usually a positive sign and they are not associated with any medical condition or disease. Only in case you have diabetes or you follow an unbalanced diet, it is advisable to visit your doctor.
What is a concerning AST level?
Typically the range for normal AST is reported between 10 to 40 units per liter and ALT between 7 to 56 units per liter. Mild elevations are generally considered to be 2-3 times higher than the normal range. In some conditions, these enzymes can be severely elevated, in the 1000s range.
When should I be concerned about AST levels?
What are the three main system of bacteria identification?
DNA sequencing – to identify bacteria, moulds and yeasts. Riboprinter analysis – for bacterial identification and characterisation. Repeat–based polymerase chain reaction – for assessing the similarity of microorganisms.