RPMI Agar (RPMI1640, MOPS, L-glutamine, 2% Glucose) is intended for the AFST (antifungal susceptibility testing) and is recommended for usage with Antifungal MTS™ (MIC Test Strip).

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Learn more about MTS™ for moulds

Pick 4-5 colonies from 24-hours old cultures and suspend in saline solution or sterile water in order to obtain a 0.5 McFarland cell density. Introduce a sterile swab into the suspension and inoculate the RPMI Agar plate. Allow the plate to dry, position the antifungal strip onto the agar surface with the maximum concentration nearest the periphery of the plate.

Incubate at 35 °C for 24-48 hours.
Read the M.I.C. value where the edge of the inhibition ellipse intersects the strip (intersection between two scale segments should be round up to the higher value).

Available ready-to-use formats:

Ref. 11509
90 mm agar plate
20/pack

Ref. 10233
140 mm agar plate
10/pack

10-25°C storage temperature
180 days shelf life

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EnteroPluri-Test is a 12-sector system containing special culture media for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-negative, oxidase negative bacteria. The system allows the simultaneous inoculation of all media present in the sectors and 15 biochemical reactions. The microorganism is identified by evaluating the color change of each culture medium after 18-24 hours of incubation at 36±1°C and by a code number obtained from the biochemical reaction interpretation.

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Ref. 78618 – 10/pack
Ref. 78619 – 25/pack
Storage temperature: 2-8°C
Shelf life: 240 days

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Liofilchem confirms its continuous dedication to meet the pharmaceutical and cosmetics microbiology needs with the introduction of TAT Broth, a ready-to-use liquid medium for the microbiological examination of cosmetics and topical drugs, particularly from highly viscous or gelatinous materials. This medium, also known as Fluid Casein Digest – Soy Lecithin – Polysorbate 20 Medium (SCDLP 20 Broth), complies with ISO 21149 for detection of aerobic mesophilic bacteria.

Liofilchem also produces Eugon LT SUP, a highly nutritious medium used for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms in cosmetic products and TSB + Capitol 4, particularly suitable for testing viscous samples.

Learn more about our solutions for biopharma applications

Press release

Kingston, Ontario – June 29, 2021

KINGSTON, CANADA – With the start to the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan less than a month away, the focus on safety protocols for athletes and staff is perhaps at an all-time high. But beyond just the obvious COVID-19 protocols, a Canadian company’s proven, proprietary technology has been selected to help ensure open water athletes and staff are kept safe from other potential infections during the Games.

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (TOCOG), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and various individual event Unions (e.g.: International Triathlon Union [ITU]) selected TECTA-PDS as the exclusive testing solution for all Olympic open-water event venues, ensuring water safety by testing for the presence of E. coli and Total Coliforms.

“We are thrilled that our company and products have been selected to help ensure participant and staff safety by providing rapid, on-site, accurate testing for all open-water venues during the duration of the Games,” said Douglas Wilton, President – TECTA-PDS. “The Olympics bring us all together by uniting us in the spirit of competition. We are thrilled to do our part to ensure these athletes can give their all and represent their nations in a safe environment.”

TECTA-PDS is no stranger to protecting athletes, having been the official open water testing solution for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and for all World Triathlon events since 2018. In August 2019, at the same Tokyo Bay Olympic venue, TECTA-PDS’s rapid results shut down the swim portion of the Paralympic triathlon Olympic test event warning of E. coli levels more than two-times over ITU limits. Lab-based methods did not return results quickly enough and without the TECTA-PDS technology, the swim event would have continued exposing all competitors to dangerous levels of fecal contamination.

TECTA-PDS is the only approved (US EPA), automated water testing method in the world, providing objective, lab-grade results in the fastest time, which can be used by virtually anyone, anytime, anywhere. Because the potential for human error has been eliminated, results are the most consistently accurate of any method on the market. Regardless of the application, TECTA-PDS ensures complete confidence in water safety.

As Canadians, when we hear “E. coli”, many of us will always remember the Walkerton tragedy that took place 21 years ago (May, 2000). The TECTA-PDS solution was created in response to this very event, to help ensure a disaster like this never occurs again in any part of the world.

“Perhaps the most unique advantage of our product is its simplicity, offering the ability to be used by virtually anyone, anywhere in the world,” said Tim Adams, CMO & Executive Vice President – TECTA-PDS. “The opportunity to help test water to ensure people in virtually any community across the planet are kept safe from life threatening E. coli is something we’re passionate about and delighted to be able to offer.”

Today, TECTA-PDS products are being used in both developed and developing countries worldwide, in markets ranging from the world’s largest cities all the way to the smallest and most remote communities. In over 50 countries and 200 cities & communities, TECTA-PDS solutions help keep millions of people safe across the planet. Here in Canada, TECTA-PDS is elated to work with more than 90 First Nation communities across the country to help enable rapid safe water testing.

TECTA-PDS continues work with international governments, communities, businesses and organizations to help ensure products are available where they are needed most to ensure citizen wellbeing.

For more information and to schedule interviews with members of our executive team please contact:

Rom Halverson
mediarelations@tecta-pds.com
647.624.7551

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WATER IS LIFE

To learn more about TECTA-PDS

please click here

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Click below to watch our NEW corporate video which explains our unique story and how we have developed the world’s first fully automated, on site, E.coli and Total Coliform rapid detection system.

TECTA-PDS is global leader in water safety testing, delivering the world’s only onsite, automated and US EPA-approved E.coli and Total Coliform rapid detection system.

The simple and fully automated B16 and B4 instruments and TECTAlert cartridges enable water testing that can be done by virtually anyone, anytime, anywhere.

This has revolutionized the way in which water is being tested in more than 50 countries around the world, for both government and private sector applications.

Ref. 11641
90 mm plates, 20/pack
2-8°C storage temperature
4 months shelf life

Accu-Bac is a guaranteed second generation derivative of NCTC cultures, manufactured under licence from Public Health England. Each carefully prepared disc will contain a target range of ?100 c.f.u, with 95% confidence interval stated on the Certificate of Analysis.

This is ideal for most quantitative applications. Accu-Bac will be supplied in 1 disc vials and has a 12 month shelf-life from the date of manufacture.

• Target c.f.u. counts of ?100 per disc, with 95% confidence interval range stated on the Certificate of Analysis
• Shelf life of 12 months
• Simple to use, no dilutions required
• Guaranteed 2^nd generation and fully traceable to the original NCTC source strain
• Certificates of Analysis available from our website
• Identification and Characterisation testing completed in accordance with our UKAS accredited scope

• performing simultaneous microbiological screening of several microorganisms in one compact panel.
• reducing costs in man hours and laboratory consumables.
• easy to use and no equipments required.

We want to draw your attention to a newly developed product (range).

As you have probably heard some of the COVID infected patients suffer in addition to a super-infection of moulds.

To be able to detect this HiMedia has developed the necessary detection material.

• K144 => Mucormycosis Detection Kit
• MP5477 => Candida Selective Agar Plate
• MS5478 => HiFungal^TM Transport Medium w/ swabs
• MP5476 => Mucormycosis Selective Agar Plate
• And the brochure about Mucormycosis

The prices will follow asap. The brochure and leaflets can be found  HERE.

D-values are stated by the manufacturer on the Biological indicator but often require verification for a higher degree of accuracy and process specificity. The Pharmacopoeias and ISO11138 stress on the importance of D-value verification to ensure the accuracy of a stated manufacturer D-value.

Our Biological Indicator Evaluation Resistometer (BIER) Vessel autoclave verifies the D-value by accurately delivering a calibrated and pre-determined level of lethality.

The log reduction achieved for exposure time is assessed through the exposure of the BI for defined time points and interpretation via fractional analysis. This process allows the accurate verification of the manufacturer’s stated D-value.

Learn more about our D-Value and Z-Value determination protocols

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The 90 mm settle plates contain 30 mL of agar to compensate for desiccation after active sampling of 1000 liters of air and are suitable for prolonged incubation to favor the detection of microorganisms.

Gamma-irradiated, triple envelope

• 30 mL agar plate
• 20 plates/pack
• Catalog ref. 10059S

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• 10-25°C storage temperature
• 6 months shelf life
• 2D data matrix code on each plate

Learn more about our settle plates for air monitoring.

Today, Hamilton, MolGen, and EWC Diagnostics announce their strategic partnership to scale up SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity in the Netherlands.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, demand for SARS-CoV-2 detection tests has significantly increased. In order to increase testing capacity, the Dutch government, through the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, invited commercial organizations to respond to a tender released this summer.

PathoFinder and EWC Diagnostics announce their collaboration to rapidly advance the expansion of COVID-19 testing capacity in the Netherlands by providing the Dutch government with complete sets of sampling materials and SARS-CoV-2 PCR kits.