Laboratory Products 61 New Evidence Pack in Support of the DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System Offered
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has today made available Issue 4 of its DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics Evidence Pack. Following presentation of eight new scientific posters at the European Society for Clinical Virology meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland (September 2015), the Evidence Pack has been updated and now contains more than 20 evaluation posters presented at key infectious disease meetings across Europe.
“These independent evaluations of our DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System and assays will be of great interest to virology laboratories,” said Richard Creager, Senior Vice President, Molecular Diagnostics Business Unit, and Chief Scientific Officer at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. “The findings underpin the workflow advantages that DxN VERIS can bring to the modern laboratory, dramatically reducing both hands-on time to first result for HIV-1, HCV, HBV and CMV viral loads.”
As stated by a UK evaluation site at the recent Beckman Coulter “Workflow Transformed: DxN VERIS a New Fully Automated System for Molecular Diagnostics” seminar held at Euromedlab, Paris (June 2015), DxN VERIS is simple to use with routine operator training taking approximately 20 minutes from start to full system operation. DxN VERIS has all necessary consumables and reagents on-board, so tests can be up and running in less than 10 minutes, as there is no lengthy set-up.
Great savings can be made in manpower and hands-on time as extraction, amplification and detection are all undertaken in the one system. DxN VERIS also provides true single-sample random-access allowing multiple assays and samples to be run at the same time, enabling laboratories to go from sample to first result in as little as 70 minutes.
Fully CE-marked, the system currently has assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) with many other assays currently in development. Assays are supplied in a unique, single cartridge system so, unlike traditional batch-plate systems, there are no empty wells which reduces wastage and consumable costs.
For a copy of Evidence Pack Issue 4, more information and copies of other independent evaluation studies please email
info@beckmanmolecular.com.
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100 Litre Capacity Autoclave Provides Smallest Footprint
Priorclave has developed a 100 litre capacity front loading autoclave with the largest cylindrical chamber diameter for this capacity steam steriliser. It was designed for laboratories looking specifically for an autoclave with this chamber capacity but limited on available lab floor space.
By using a 500mm diameter chamber, manufactured by Priorclave to the highest pressure-vessel safety standards and believed to be largest currently available for this size of autoclave, Priorclave has been able to create a laboratory autoclave with a much smaller overall footprint. It gives laboratories the opportunity to have installed the QCS100 where other designs are often too large. It makes the Priorclave QCS 100 laboratory autoclave the perfect choice for any lab manager or technician, anywhere in the world, looking for a more compact, economically priced 100 litre capacity autoclave. It also boasts several safety features including a single-handed, door opening mechanism that only releases when temperatures and pressures are at pre-set safe levels. The door is also fitted with a tough silicone seal that, with its extended life, ensures an air-tight seal every time for the ultimate in steam sterilisation.
With a low loading height, wide door swing allowing easy loading of heavy loads from a trolley, advanced programming for simple to more complex sterilising tasks, effective use of power and water plus superb operator safety standards the QCS100 is one of the safest and most efficient autoclaves available.
Precise control of the sterilising process is made easy using single push-buttons on the Tactrol® 2 microprocessor control panel. One touch controls enable the user
to step through settings of temperature and time in accordance with best practices for specified loads. In addition to guiding laboratory personnel through the simple programming, the intuitive Tactrol®
2 microprocessor also keeps a log of the sterilising cycle data such as temperature, pressure and time. Held in an archive file, this information can be subsequently downloaded for analysing and sharing, as needed.
There is also a secure key-lock switch which governs access to parameter settings, the benefits of manual key-switch make accessing each different level much simpler and faster.
To help prevent cross contamination in a laboratory the QCS 100 autoclave incorporates epoxy coated panels and frame members treated with an antimicrobial agent that is effective against many bacteria and fungi including MRSA,
E.coli, Listeria, Legionella, Campylobacter, Salmonella and Pseudomonas.
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ADVERTORIAL Water Check Button on Titrator a Result of Listening to Users
As active members of ASTM and API, GR Scientific (UK) are always listening for what the industry requires from the instrument manufacturing companies to enable equipment to be more easily used, especially in the field. One feature that many users have requested for their Karl Fischer titrators is a single button to enable them to check the instrument with a water standard.
In principle, standardisation of a Coulometric Karl Fischer is not necessary since the water titrated is a direct function of the coulombs of electricity consumed. However it is recognised that reagent performance can deteriorate with use over time and it is recommended that the titrator is regularly monitored by introducing a known quantity of water that is representative of the typical range of water concentrations being determined in samples.
Several of the ASTM methods for water content of crude oil and petroleum products suggest injecting between 1.0 µl and 10 µl distilled water to check reagent performance. Each of these methods requires that the result be recorded in micrograms of water, not as a calculated ppm or percentage.
The µg check button on every Aquamax KF Coulometric Titrator enables this check to be done without the need to reprogram the calculation mode. Simply press µg check and the display will prompt “add standard”. Introduce 10µl of distilled water (as required by ASTM methods) by syringe and both the display and print out will be in micrograms water. This only applies to a single analysis as the titrator will then revert back to the programmed calculation mode for subsequent runs.
GR Scientific – Listening to what the industry needs.
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