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Product category: Microbiology
News Release from: MET | Subject: Biological indicator threads
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial Team on 02 February 2005

Life hanging by a thread

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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

MET is now offering 0.2mm diameter, 100% cotton, biological indicator threads They 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

Threads can be 1cm or longer, fully or partially inoculated with either geobacillus stearothermophilus (steam sterilisation) or bacillus atrophaeus (EO sterilisation).

They are prepared from suspensions of certified population and resistance with highly controllable D-value.

They are supplied in bulk in boxes of 100 units and can be stored at room temperature.

Thread BIs are part of a comprehensive range of sterilisation monitoring products for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

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