RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Recently, Nadine Dorries, Minister of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety, reinforced the importance of following the RCOG guidelines on the prevention of, and treatment for, group B Streptococcus (GBS).

The National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) is one of four Culture Collections operated by Public Health England. NCTC is the longest-established collection of its type and entered its centenary year in 2020.

Pro-Lab Diagnostics is pleased to continue its support of BSMT. It will be strange not being able to actually meet with our friends and colleagues during these unprecedented times during the pandemic.

Randox is committed to developing state-of-the-art technology including chemistry, immunoassay, molecular and POC platforms, in addition to complete quality control solutions and high-quality first- and third-party reagents.

R-Biopharm Rhône is a daughter company of R-Biopharm-AG with over 30 years’ experience as a diagnostics developer and manufacturer.

Join the growing number of EntericBio users in the UK, delivering fast and accurate enteric screening using Serosep UK’s Enteric PCR solution.

Increasing diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants and potential higher infectivity of new viral strains underline the need to identify and track mutations across the complete viral genome.

Don Whitley Scientific has launched the Whitley AsPROvac, an all-in-one laboratory aspirator to ensure biological liquid waste can be aspirated and disposed of quickly and safely.

Don Whitley Scientific has launched its smallest anaerobic workstation: the Whitley A20 Workstation. The anaerobic chamber provides excellent conditions for the processing, incubation and examination of samples without exposure to atmospheric oxygen.

INTEGRA’s range of VOYAGER and VIAFLO single and multichannel electronic pipettes can help laboratories enhance their precision and accuracy, and improve ergonomics, while saving time and reducing costs.

Purair Basic ductless fume hoods provide high-level performance features at an affordable price. They are designed to protect the user and the environment from hazardous vapours generated on the work surface.

ViroStat has announces the release of new monoclonal antibody pairs to clostridia glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), validated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). These antibodies represent a new set of tools for rapid detection.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are popular plate-based methods to detect and quantify peptides, proteins, antibodies or hormones. However, they generally involve multiple pipetting steps that are time-consuming and tedious to perform, requiring consistent processing to ensure success. INTEGRA Biosciences offers a range of liquid-handling solutions to improve ELISA workflows, designed to make the process easier and results more reproducible.

The UV-Box from Air Science is a high-efficiency chamber designed to decontaminate contents safely while providing a safe work environment for the operator. High-intensity UV lamps are positioned within the cabinet producing short-wave ultraviolet light at 254 nm to destroy exposed surface DNA and bacteria, leaving items free of contamination prior to other forensic tests, analysis or procedures.

With strict regulations applying to the transportation of biological specimens such as swabs for COVID-19 testing, samples need to be transported in UN3373-compliant packaging. SpeciSafe packs, available from Alpha Laboratories, provide a safe, convenient, economical and compliant transport solution for such Category B samples. The all-in-one leakproof secondary packaging solution with inbuilt absorbent, protects and separates primary containers.

Integra Biosciences is expanding its comprehensive collection of pipettes with the upcoming launch of two new EVOLVE manual pipettes – high-volume 8- and 12-channel options offering a market-leading capacity of 1250 µL per channel.

ViroStat has developed several new monoclonal antibodies specific to the Powassan virus. These antibodies do not cross react with other related flaviviruses and as such are excellent reagent tools for research with potential for diagnostics.

New RNA Complete BCT is a direct draw blood collection tube, now available in the UK from Alpha Laboratories. These blood collection tubes contain a preservative that stabilises cell-free RNA and exosome counts, maintaining the draw time concentration for up to seven days when stored at room temperature.

Torrey Pines Scientific has launched its EchoTherm RIC40 Peltier-driven, compact chilling/heating dry baths with temperature control from 0ºC to 100ºC. They are designed for use with robotic systems, and controlled via the RS232 I/O port on each RIC40 unit.

The EKF Altair 240 clinical chemistry analyser is a compact and fully automated random-access benchtop instrument with positions for 43 reagents, including the ability to configure open channels. The analyser can use barcoded and easy-to-load high-quality Stanbio reagents or reagents from any other manufacturer. The intuitive Windows-based software and touchscreen interface makes operating the analyser quick and easy.