The sterility testing is an essential procedure to assess the microbiological suitability of transplantation tissues and organs.
HB&L SABOURAUD KIT is specific for the detection of common aerobic fungi that may be present in products or formulations produced using aseptic procedures as storage liquid media for human cornea.
LIGHT SCATTERING TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO THE DETECTION OF FUNGI IN LIQUID SAMPLES
- Sidecar, Alfred 60AST and HB&L are the first automated systems for the rapid fungi culture with high sensitivity and specificity (1).
- Using the patented technology based on light scattering they are able to monitor the fungi replication activity from the inoculum step into specific culture broths providing real time growth curves.
- Quantitative fungi count results are reported in CFU/ml.
- A specific selective broth has been developed to guarantee the growth of aerobic fungi according with the European Pharmacopoeia guidelines.
- Broths are in sterile vials with screw cap.
- Samples are incubated at 37°C and constantly mixed avoiding sedimentation, flotation and growth anomalies typical of several micro-organisms.
- Only live fungi are detected while interference from non replicating substances such as chemicals, dead cells and salts present in the sample are eliminated during the initial zero reading.
