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Minimize Risks in Endotoxin Testing
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Minimize Risks in Endotoxin Testing Smart Pipetting Solutions

Are You Testing Your Medical Devices with Endotoxin-Free Pipette Tips? Guarantee Consistently Reliable Endotoxin Testing Results with PurityCertified Pipette Tips Endotoxins can be a risk to patient safety. Even a low endotoxin concentration in the blood stream can produce inflammation in the human body; therefore, preventing endotoxin exposure to your patients is important. To prevent patient exposure to endotoxins, frequent and reliable testing for endotoxin levels on medical devices is required. The LAL method, is one such reliable test method used to guarantee patient safety and the...

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Endotoxin Facts - What You Need To Know What Are Endotoxins and Where Do They Enter the LifeCycle? Endotoxins are lipopolysaccharide complexes natively located on the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. They can cause several clinical conditions, of which the most severe example is septic shock. Endotoxins, as a product of bacterial death, can be found wherever bacterial growth is possible. Inactivation and destabilization of endotoxins is difficult because they have high heattolerance and the ability to tolerate extreme pH values. Also, their removal is tedious as the...

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Pipetting in Endotoxin Testing The Effects of Endotoxin Contamination The Effects of Pipetting Technique Did you know that endotoxin contamination of lab consumables can influence your assay results? Pipetting errors are a common source of variance in testing procedures. For example, variance in endotoxin testing standard curves can have a deleterious effect on the reliability of test results. Pipetting is an integral part of the endotoxin testing workflow for medical devices. To minimize potential sources of endotoxin contamination, use endotoxin-free consumables, such as pipette tips,...

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Purity Certified Pipette Tips Endotoxin-free Pipette Tips Optifit Pipette Tips Sartorius pipette tips are tested and certified to be endotoxin free, so they fit into workflows of medical device QC labs. Sartorius manufactures pipette tips according to ISO 14644-1 in a certified ISO 8 cleanroom environment to maintain the highest quality and purity standards. Only the best plastic materials are selected, and our automated manufacturing process is strictly controlled from beginning to end in line with GMP to reliably prevent contamination by human contact. An independent laboratory checks...

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Accurate and Precise Pipettes Sartorius pipettes are a perfect choice for endotoxin testing of medical devices, as they have been designed with cleanliness, accuracy, and ease-of-use in mind. The pipettes are easy to clean with the lower parts of the pipette being easy to remove. They are also easy to calibrate and are equipped with a volume lock to ensure that your dispensing volume is as intended. In addition, the Picus® Nxt has a calibration reminder feature so that you don’t forget your next calibration expiry date. Tacta® Mechanical Pipette – Perfectly Balanced Tacta® is the new...

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Additional Resources View these resources to help you find information-rich solutions. Cleaning and Decontamination Guide for Sartorius Pipettes View Guide Application Note: Pipette Calibration and Standards View Application Note Practical Selection Guide: Set up Pipetting Quality Control Program for Your Lab View Guide Poster: Get the most out of your electronic pipette View Poster Poster: Pipette cleaning - your pipette and samples are precious View Poster Poster: ABC of the pipette tip purity View Poster Brochure: High Quality Pipette Tips for Consistent and Reliable Results View...

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Germany Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG Otto-Brenner-Strasse 20 37079 Goettingen Phone +49 551 308 0 F or further contacts, visit www.sartorius.com Specifications subject to change without notice. Copyright Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG. Status: 08 | 2022

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