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Measure the pH and Electrolytes from Body Fluids Micro Samples


An Impartial Guide to Autoclave Selection


The Autoclave Knowledge Bank Check Book is an impartial guide and insight into some of the key factors that could help you make the right decision before making that all important laboratory autoclave purchase.


When specifying or purchasing any expensive and complicated piece of equipment it is essential to be able to ask the right questions in order to get the right answers and make an informed decision.


Horiba LAQUAtwin meters can be used to assess quickly and easily the pH and electrolytes such as Potassium, Calcium and Sodium in blood, saliva, urine, plasma or sweat to ensure body concentrations are maintained within an acceptable range.


In various clinical applications, the electrolytes (K +, Ca2 + and Na +) and pH are parameters which should be routinely monitored for excess or deficiency in patients.


Usually, after samples are collected and sent to medical laboratory it can take a few days for the results to be available for patients and medical staff.


It is now possible to directly measure these parameters in body fluids from reduced volume thanks to Horiba LAQUAtwin testers.


These screening diagnostic tools are useful when it is necessary to obtain rapid analysis. In addition, these testers can immediately inform an individual or medical staffs about a patient condition without having to wait for the lab results and thus potentially reduce the time spent in the hospital or could help medical professionals to make quicker decisions.


Horiba LAQUAtwin range can measure samples as small as a drop of blood or other body fluid (minimum volume required is 0.1 ml) through flat ion selective electrode. This unique technology provides high accuracy and robust correlation with laboratory analysis.


The LAQUAtwin testers are easy to operate; the user simply has to place a drop of sample onto the sensor to get reliable and accurate results in seconds.


The LAQUAtwin testers can be calibrated in two points, the replaceable measuring cell allows for up to 1500 measurements.


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New Versatile Biological Sample Mailing Packs


Do you need to post Biological Samples? Getting things safely through the post can be problematic, so packing and mailing of patient samples needs careful handling and adherence to regulations. The new Biological Sample


Mailing Packs from Alpha Laboratories offer an easy, UN3373 compliant and flexible solution for transporting all types of laboratory sample containers by road transport and postage services.


Choose from a complete system or separately available Absorbent Sheets, Flexible Secondary 95kPa Pouches, Rigid Outer Containers and Security Labels all in a range of sizes to suit your needs.


Also available is the MedDXTainer 4 Medical Sample Carrier. Used for the collection of multiple samples this ABS plastic carrier can be stacked and locked.


In the modern medical environment a wide variety of patient samples in a range of containers require transportation from their point of collection to a testing laboratory for analysis. Category B blood, faeces, urine or sputum samples must be transported under WHO guidelines using P650 packaging instructions, to UN3373 standards.


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Sponsored by Priorclave, a specialist in the design and manufacture of research grade and general purpose laboratory autoclaves, this booklet will guide you through some of the key points to consider and should help you in narrowing down your choices: autoclave style, chamber style, heating source, etc.


The Autoclave Knowledge Bank check book outlines reasoning


for vacuum autoclaves, why choose steam jacketed autoclaves, water condition, hygiene and environment issues, recording keeping and proving sterilisation as well as position and installation.


You can request your copy of the Autoclave Knowledge Bank check book from the sponsors by contacting sales@priorclave.co.uk


It is important to think about what you are going to put into the autoclave to make sure that the autoclave you buy has the right best specification to process it effectively and efficiently, especially if you are going to have to prove this to a certifying body later on.


It is always advisable to speak with the supplier or manufacturer direct before finalising your autoclave choice, the Autoclave Knowledge Bank Check Book provides you with information to help your discussions, questions to ask of prospective laboratory suppliers and manufacturers.


Priorclave has been designing and manufacturing research sterilisers and laboratory autoclaves for many years and achieved a global presence, the trusted Priorclave brand developed for a wide variety of sterilising applications within industrial sectors such as bio and microbiology, pharmaceutical, education, healthcare, food and dairy, chemical and general lab. The extensive range is designed and manufactured at the company’s dedicated UK laboratory autoclave production facility. Here the company brings together all that is good about British engineering – strength in design, skilled technicians, modern production techniques, robust finish, stringent QA procedures - producing laboratory autoclaves that deliver an assured sterilisation process with excellent repeatable performance, all encapsulated in a build quality that ensures an extended product life.


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New Ultra-High-Speed Video Camera


Shimadzu has announced the release of its Hyper Vision HPV-X2 high- speed video camera. It offers photosensitivity six times higher than the previous model and ultra-high-speed recording speeds up to 10 million frames per second (Mfps). The new video camera visualises high-speed phenomena and focuses on a wide variety of applications, e.g. automotive, semiconductor, consumer electronics, materials as well as equipment in aerospace, industrial, medical and sports.


The Hyper Vision HPV-X2 features a new FTCMOS2 CMOS image sensor that increases photosensitivity by about six times. Higher photosensitivity means that more vivid im ages can be obtained even under poor lighting conditions, such as under a microscope. In this way, it enables the observation of incidents such as the interactions between can cer cells and the release of active agents from drug-filled microcapsules, the fuel injec tion process of automotive fuel injectors, or the ink ejection process of inkjet printers.


The HPV-X2 offers a recording speed of 10 million frames per second, which is the world’s fastest in its class. Furthermore, the Hyper Vision HPV-X2 includes a function that allows samples to be observed simultaneously from two directions by synchronising two cameras. This allows the use of commercial Digital image correlation software to analyse the captured data so that the deformation of objects can be observed in three dimensions.


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Flow Management System provides Precise as Sensitive TOC Analysis


At fast injection rates of representatively large sample volumes into a high-temperature combustion system classical TOC analysers reach their limits.


The patented VITA® C®


Flow Management System of multi N/


from Analytik Jena makes the IR absorption flow- independent by compensating flow fluctuations. Thus, the measurement signal is completely independent of the injection volume and speed. Easy Cal enables multi-point- calibration generated from one single standard solution. The method calibration remains valid, even if the injection volume for sample measurement was changed. The catalyst lifetime is long, the calibration effort is low, and the long term stability for TOC calibration reduces the calibration effort. Quick injection of large sample volumes brings along maximum precision and sensitivity in the trace range.


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