pn25.jpg (7359 bytes)A set of 35mm slides detailing this company’s BacT/Alert 3D, the most recent addition to the BacT/Alert microbial detection systems is available. The slides can be used by lab managers to explain how BacT/Alert, MB/BacT or BacT/Alert 3D works to infectious disease clinicians.
   They also can be used by medical technology instructors to ensure that students understand the most recent advancements in microbiology automation.
   The 3D microbial detection system, built on colorimetric technology and non-invasive, continuous monitoring, features recovery of usual and unusual microbes from body fluids and mycobacterial cultures, and data management for the laboratory in one system.
   This company is also offering reprints of “Comparison of the MB/BacT and BACTEC 460 TB System for Recovery of Mycobacteria from Various Clinical Specimens” from the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1999.
   The article discusses the data generated in a side-by-side evaluation conducted at Servizio di Microbiologyia dell’ Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona and Instituto di Microbiologia dell’Universita, Verona, Italy. The study compared the performance of the MB/BacT System, the BACTEC 460TB and conventional solid media. Parameters studied included recovery of Mycobacteria spp., times to detection for M. tuberculosis, M. avium and other Mycobacteria species, and breakthrough contamination.
   The MB/BacT’s modified Middlebrook 7H9 broth is supplemented with growth factors and antimicrobial agents that have been proven to control breakthrough contamination. The Mycobacterial Antibiotic Supplement’s formula contains vancomycin to minimize breakthrough contamination with gram positives. Its pink tint helps maintain procedural integrity. Organon Teknika