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Food seminar sees unveiling of new product
Provides a quick and convenient solution for food laboratories to reduce the labour-intensive and time consuming task of preparing large volumes of primary enrichment media and diluents Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 6 December 2005)
Chromogenic medium improves screening for MRSA
Chromogenic MRSA agar has been specifically designed to screen clinical samples for the presence of MRSA, providing results in as little as 18 hours - up to 30 hours quicker than some media Brochure available
News from Oxoid (30 November 2005)
Improved identification of listeria spp
Innovative chromogenic medium detects B-glucosidase activity common to all listeria species, resulting in distinct blue colonies Brochure available
News from Oxoid (28 November 2005)
Extended range for MRSA detection
The latex particles in Staphaurex Plus are coated with fibrinogen and specific polyclonal antibodies directed towards difficult staph aureus strains, including MRSA and MSSA Brochure available
News from Oxoid (23 November 2005)
Current methods of microbial identification
Colin Booth of Oxoid will give a presentation at the PharMIG annual conference in November 2005 at Oxford, on 'Current Methods of Microbial Identification Brochure available
News from Oxoid (10 November 2005)
Rapid flu test helps target avian flu
Test detects and distinguishes the type A influenza virus from type B in just 15 minutes, and with 100% specificity, directly from nose or throat swabs Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 9 November 2005)
Award for logistics and supply chain management
Oxoid, a manufacturer of microbiological culture media and diagnostic products, has won first prize in the logistics and supply chain category of the prestigious 2005 Manufacturer Awards Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 4 November 2005)
Oxoid food award winners receive prizes
Technical background article At the recent Oxoid Food Seminar Day, held at Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association in the UK, the Oxoid Awards were presented Brochure available
News from Oxoid (28 October 2005)
Selective medium improves detection of salmonella
Presence of a selective agent in this agar inhibits many organisms that can be problematic on other plating media, reducing need for further identification procedures and giving fewer false positives Brochure available
News from Oxoid (25 October 2005)
24-hour listeria environmental testing
With only a single enrichment step, this test test to detect listeria species in environmental samples simplifies the swab testing procedure and provides results in just 24 as opposed to 48 hours Brochure available
News from Don Whitley Scientific (25 October 2005)
2005/2006 infection control team awards now open
Technical background article £6500 in prizes to spend on team building events, training, or travel expenses to conferences and seminars to extend infection control knowledge for the winning teams in the 2005/2006 Oxoid Awards Brochure available
News from Oxoid (24 October 2005)
Speaking on microbial contamination in pharma
Technical background article Colin Booth will address delegates at Concept Heidelberg's Microbial Contamination in Pharmaceutical Production event, Barcelona, Spain, 20-21 October 2005 Brochure available
News from Oxoid (12 October 2005)
Rapid detection of viral pathogens like influenza
Range of assays for enteric pathogens includes products for influenza types A and B, rotavirus, adenovirus and astrovirus detection Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 3 October 2005)
CMMAS approval for ID of salmonella and E coli
Identification kits are miniaturised biochemical test systems that provide recognised, standard biochemical identifications in a faster and simpler test format Brochure available
News from Oxoid (29 September 2005)
Making more of mammalian cell enumeration
Mammalian cell enumeration assay expands range of adenylate kinase (AK) kits for detection and enumeration of gram negative bacteria
News from Acolyte Biomedica (23 September 2005)
Rapid enumeration of gram-negative bacterial cells
User application article Acolyte Biomedica and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have successfully resolved the challenge of rapid, highly sensitive enumeration of gram-negative bacterial cells.
News from Acolyte Biomedica (22 September 2005)
Test for clostridium difficile toxins A and B
Unlike most rapid tests, which detect C difficile toxin A only, Xpect Clostridium difficile Toxin A/B test detects both toxins A and B - this minimises false negatives caused by A-/B+ strains Brochure available
News from Oxoid (16 September 2005)
A complete list for listeria detection
Oxoid says it is able to offer food microbiologists one of the widest selections of products available for the rapid and convenient detection of listeria from food and environmental samples Brochure available
News from Oxoid ( 7 September 2005)
Oxoid adds further urinary tract infection test
Oxoid has extended its range of diagnostic tests for detecting urinary tract infections with the addition of Rapid SS/u (Site Specific urine). Brochure available
News from Oxoid (29 August 2005)
Labels make small-volume bottles easier to use
The labelling of small-volume bottles in the Oxoid prepared media range of broths and diluents has been enhanced for ease of use. Brochure available
News from Oxoid (29 August 2005)
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