Introduction
The BacT/ALERT 3D is a state-of-the-art, automated microbial detection system that integrates blood,
sterile body fluid, platelet quality control testing and mycobacteria culturing. This newest generation
of the time-tested BacT/ALERT system offers performance in every dimension of testing. From its space-saving
modular design to its easy touch-screen operation and flexible data management options, every laboratory will find something to love about the BacT/ALERT 3D!
Overview
and Advantages
With the ever-increasing importance of infectious-disease diagnostic testing, microbiology laboratories around
the world are being asked to "do more with less." The BacT/ALERT 3D can help you find the space to keep
your laboratory on the cutting edge. Expand your service offering, make room for an automated ID/Susceptibility
system, integrate your mycobacteria testing or just give yourself more elbow room.
Because it's so easy to use,
BacT/ALERT 3D saves time, facilitates
cross-training and helps prevent errors. It's the only system offering immediate bottle recognition, putting you in control of bottle loading and unloading and virtually eliminating bottle handling errors.
The system's automatic, built-in quality-control, along with the lowest false positive rate and most rapid response time of any system, means you do more in less time with greater accuracy.
With BacT/ALERT 3D, you can be confident
that your laboratory is detecting as many septic episodes as possible and contributing to patient care. Count on BacT/ALERT’s 15+ years of proven performance
and patented colorimetric technology.
The latest generation of BacT/ALERT Culture Media brings the most advanced, innovative microbial growth and detection technology to your laboratory. BacT/ALERT
media provide unsurpassed performance, in the detection of a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and yeasts.
With the most flexible data management
options of any automated microbial detection system,
the BacT/ALERT 3D allows you to choose the best configuration
for your laboratory. Whether it's basic data management,
a seamless LIS interface or comprehensive patient
monitoring and epidemiology reporting, the BacT/ALERT
3D keeps it quick, smart and easy.
The
Power of Colorimetric Technology
Results are the most important aspect
of any microbial detection system. Built on bioMérieux's
patented colorimetric technology, the BacT/ALERT 3D
demonstrates unsurpassed recovery of a wide range
of organisms with >95% recovery within 24 hours
and >98% within 72 hours. The complete line of
BacT/ALERT culture media offers many choices to meet
the needs of different institutions and varying patient
populations.
Microbes can run, but they can't hide
BacT/Alert 3D's patented colorimetric sensor-and-detection technology finds microorganisms by tracking CO2 production. Notification of positives
is immediate and results are dependable.
Here's how it works:
1. Microorganisms multiply in the media, generating CO2. As CO2 increases, the sensor in the bottle turns yellow.
2. Measuring reflected light, the BacT/ALERT 3D monitors and detects color changes in the sensor.
3. Algorithms analyze the data to determine positivity, and the laboratory is notified immediately with visual
and audible alarms.
4. Changes in the sensor are permanent and visible to the unaided eye, unlike any other method.
The latest generation of BacT/ALERT Culture Media brings the most advanced, innovative microbial growth and detection technology to your laboratory. BacT/ALERT
media provide unsurpassed performance, in the detection of a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and yeasts.
Performance
With BacT/ALERT 3D, you can be confident that your laboratory is detecting as many septic episodes as possible and contributing to patient care. Count on BacT/ALERT's 15+ years of proven performance, detailed in over 200 publications.
BacT/ALERT 3D now provides state-of-the-art
microbial detection for quality control testing of leukocyte reduced apheresis platelets.
Media Selection
The BacT/ALERT blood/body fluid media selection offer
choices to meet the needs of varying patient populations. Choosing the right combination of media for your laboratory is an important decision.
Workflow
BacT/ALERT Culture Media improve the way your laboratory works while raising your standards for detection and
recovery.
Easy Identification: Color-coded labels and peel-off bar codes simplify identification and data processing to reduce errors and facilitate user-directed loading.
Data
Integrity: Since BacT/ALERT readings are not tied to the original location of the bottle, there are no limitations for returning bottles to the instrument. Upon reload, the operator loads the bottle in any available cell and the readings continue from where they left off. This ensures that data integrity is maintained during usual (and unusual) laboratory protocols.
Safety:
Safety is an important consideration for any testing that involves patient samples. Today's BacT/ALERT bottles are plastic to help laboratory
work safer than ever.
Collection
of Specimens: Inoculation of the BacT/ALERT bottles can be accomplished in a variety of ways, all of which are compatible with safety engineered collection devices.
Needle-less Inoculation for Mycobacteria: Processed specimens can be added by needle and syringe or the bottle closure can be removed for inoculation with a pipette.
Our lab uses this machine for the following tests>>
- Blood Culture
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