Category: Microbiology

Microbiology

FDA Clears Enhanced Microbial Identification System Features

New clearances expand MALDI-TOF platform capabilities with improved software, faster sample prep, and broader species coverage.

Microbiology

FDA Clears New Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing System

Avails Medical, a developer of antibiotic susceptibility testing tech, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA for its new eQUANT system.

Microbiology

Large-Scale Study Details Devastating Patient Harms Associated with Blood Culture Contamination

Magnolia Medical Technologies shared a study detailing the clinical and financial impacts of blood culture contamination on patient safety.

Microbiology Instruments

Fluorescence Microscopy Cell Observation Challenges Quashed by Fast Cooling Method

This method of fluorescence microscopy for cell observation circumvents fundamental problems: light-induced destruction and unceasing molecule movement.

Microbiology Reagents & Test Kits

BD’s Smart Connected Robotics Automates Microbial Identification

BD received FDA 510(k) clearance for the BD Kiestra IdentifA system, which automates the preparation of bacterial identification testing.

Microbiology Tools

Will Diagnostic Tests Be The FIrst Line of Defense Against ‘Alien’ Invasions?

The era of space exploration brings with it a new risk: invasion. But not from little green men, rather, from microbiological contamination.

Culture Media

Hardy Diagnostics Releases Group A Strep Agar

Hardy Diagnostics has released its latest chromogenic media, HardyCHROM Group A Strep agar, for selective cultivation of clinical specimens.