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Kingston is infection control team of the year
Technical background article In awarding Kingston Hospital the £5000 first prize, the judges commented that the small infection control team showed numerous examples of good practice that could be emulated by others Brochure available
News from Oxoid (22 April 2005)
Special category added to food awards scheme
Technical background article The Oxoid awards for food hygiene and safety are designed to reward the companies, laboratories and individuals who ensure that food is safe to eat, and to give them the publicity they deserve Brochure available
News from Oxoid (15 April 2005)
Fast and accurate detection of bacteria in foods
Chromogenic substrates provide clearly visible answers on a single culture plate, and often reduce or eliminate the need for further confirmatory testing Brochure available
News from Oxoid (14 April 2005)
AST-ID system for microbiology labs
Provides CLSI (NCCLS) and BSAC standard method antibiotic disk-test results of the broadest range of drugs for yeast and bacteria, many contraindicated in other systems
News from Laboratory Instruments & Supplies (UK) ( 6 April 2005)
Speaking on validation of microbiological tests
Technical background article Presentations will inform delegates about pharmacopoeial reference organisms and bioindicators, culture collections and the long and short-term methods of culture preservation Brochure available
News from Oxoid (22 March 2005)
Ensuring salmonella-free products
Rapid, simple and reliable genetics-based method has received worldwide approval for the detection of salmonella and other food-borne pathogens Brochure available
News from Oxoid (14 March 2005)
Life hanging by a thread
Biological indicator threads are specially designed for use with thin tubes and those very small and/or difficult-to-access areas where conventional spore strips or dots do not fit
News from Medical Engineering Technologies ( 2 February 2005)
Infection control award deadline approaching
With a £5000 first prize and second and third prizes of £1000 and £500 respectively, this could be your team's opportunity to be publicly recognised for the important work that you do Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 2 February 2005)
Generating an oxygen-free atmosphere
System generates an anaerobic atmosphere without the need for evacuation/replacement or the production of hydrogen, and is activated on contact with air Brochure available
News from Oxoid (31 January 2005)
Fast automated microbiological analysis
Detects aerobic, mesophilic, psychrotrophic, and thermophilic micro-organisms, Gram negative bacteria, E coli, salmonella, listeria, beer spoilers, yeasts and moulds Brochure available
News from QCL Scientific (24 January 2005)
H pylori test promises rapid diagnosis
Rapid latex agglutination test for the detection of H pylori antibodies in serum, provides clearly visible results in less than three minutes Brochure available
News from Oxoid (17 January 2005)
Fungi before lunch and maggots after
Technical background article It was fungi before lunch, and maggots after, at the recent Oxoid infection control seminar where a full day's programme included lectures on these two topics Brochure available
News from Oxoid (10 January 2005)
AOAC validation for listeria and salmonella tests
System uses real-time PCR combined with genetic markers and software to process samples within 24 to 48 hours rather than the five to seven days taken by traditional microbiology tests Brochure available
News from Don Whitley Scientific (23 December 2004)
Prize in 2004 best factory awards
Oxoid has won the Judges' Special Award in the 2004 Best Factory Awards, organised in the UK by the Cranfield University School of Management and Works Management magazine Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 9 December 2004)
2004/05 food safety and hygiene awards open
The Oxoid Awards are designed to reward the companies, laboratories and individuals who ensure that our food is safe to eat Brochure available
News from Oxoid (30 November 2004)
Test helps in battle against MRSA
Recent news reports describe the latest strategies and developments adopted by the NHS and drug companies in the ongoing fight against methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Brochure available
News from Oxoid (12 November 2004)
Microbial ID and characterisation workshop
Technical background article Utilising DNA fingerprinting to identify, characterise, and track bacterial contamination in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments is topic of Amsterdam workshop on 11 November 2004 Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 8 November 2004)
Awards for beer quality and brewing hygiene
2004/2005 If you or your company has made a significant improvement to the standards of beer quality or brewery hygiene then you should ask for more details from Oxoid Brochure available
News from Oxoid (22 October 2004)
Infection control awards open
The awards, which were launched in 2003, are designed to recognise and reward those who are making a real difference to improved standards of infection control within hospitas worldwide Brochure available
News from Oxoid (19 October 2004)
Detect microbial contamination four times faster
Rapid microbiology detection system provides results in colony forming units in approximately a quarter of the time of conventional methods Brochure available
News from Millipore (UK) (18 October 2004)
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