ALFRED 60AST
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FIRST AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR BACTERIAL CULTURE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING The extreme flexibility of Alfred 60AST makes a substantial contribution to the automation needs of the modern microbiology laboratory is the first fully automated system able to perform bacterial culture, RAA and susceptibility testing by automating the whole process of sample inoculation, reading and result transmission. Using the patented technology based on light scattering it is able to detect the presence of bacteria and their drug resistance in a few hours with high sensitivity and specificity. Alfred 60AST monitors the growth phases of bacteria from the inoculum step into specific culture broths providing real time growth curves and quantitative bacterial count results in CFU/ml. Alfred 60 S Code SI 195.100 Alfred 60AST Code SI 105.100/AST WindowsTM operative System All the samples are incubated at 37°C and only live bacteria are detected while interference from non replicating substances such as erythrocytes, leucocytes, dead cells and salts present in the sample are eliminated during the initial zero reading. Broth turbidity level is detected by the McFarland Monitor and as the sample reaches the 0.5 McFarland it is buffered into the refrigerated area and then tested with a customized antibiotic panel. CUSTOMIZABLE PROTOCOLS WITH DIFFERENT INCUBATION TIMES AND CUT-OFFS TESTS AND APPLICATIONS Urine culture 3 hours, cutoff 30.000 CFU/ml Residual Antimicrobial Activity (RAA) test Simultaneously to the culture test Human Biological Liquid Bacterial Culture* 6 hours, cutoff <50 CFU/ml Bacteria Culture on special sample* STANDARD PROTOCOL (URINE or HBL) THRESHOLD (CFU/ml) 6 hours, cutoff <50 CFU/ml MDRO culture screening FAST PROTOCOL (URINE ONLY) THRESHOLD (CFU/ml) Refrigerated area for antibiotics and positive samples at 0.5 McFarland turbidity level. Via the Host Query application, Alfred 60AST can receive from the LIS, sample test information used to determine for each specimen specific analysis settings such as test profile, cut-offs and incubation times. Aerobics, Anaerobics and Fungi detection 48 hours for microbiological suitability tests* Susceptibility testing with customised antibiotic panel for: · Urine · Human Biological Liquids · Positive Blood Culture · Isolated Colonies * Manual loading Due to regulatory requirements, the products listed herein are available for sale in any relevant Country territory provided that they have been registered according to the applicable domestic law. The products listed herein may have incurred changes with respect to the last avai

FEATURES Light Scattering Technology Quantitative results expressed in CFU/ml Automated susceptibility testing with customised antibiotic panels Refrigerated area at + 4°C for antibiotics and 0.5 McFarland positive sample storage Needle with capacitive sensor Check of correct vial loading for autobuffering function in the refrigerated area Real time detection of bacterial growth curves Integrated turbidimeter with McFarland Monitor Single sample management with customised analysis profile: incubation time, analytical protocol, cut-off Automatic reagent and sample dispensing Sampling with...