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Simple to use in vitro diagnostic mastdiscsTM ID disc tests for the presumptive identification of bacteria or specific groups of microorganisms for clinical microbiology.
Chemical or antibiotic discs are designed to demonstrate obvious colour changes, or either promote or inhibit growth of bacteria or specific groups of microorganisms.
Discs are available in convenient dispensing cartridges.
The DISCMASTER™ System is a reliable and robust disc dispenser designed for antibiotic susceptibility studies using the MASTDISCS™ range of antibiotic susceptibility test discs in cartridge format.
The MAST DISCMASTER™ disc dispenser is available in a 6 place format, with a simple single hand dispenser also available for occasional cartridge users.
- Simple to use operation.
- Reliable and robust performance to cope with high throughput workload
- Audible location of cartridges in dispenser.
- Positive placement of antibiotic susceptibility discs onto agar surface.
- Height adjustable to suit variable depths of culture media.
- Seal tight container for protection against moisture.
| Product Name | ||
| DISCMASTER 4 DISPENSER - | MDD64 | |
| HAND DISPENSER - 5 per pack | SHD5 |
Mast Group Ltd is pleased to announce the arrival of their NEW CRYOBANK®.
CRYOBANK® is based on a cryovial system that comprises of chemically treated beads covered with a special cryogenic preserving solution. CRYOBANK® offers a reliable, convenient and versatile system for storing and preserving fastidious bacteria for long periods.
CRYOBANK® permits the easy establishment of culture collection for laboratory accreditation or research purpose. Suitable for use in all laboratories dealing with bacteria, including clinical, water, brewing, veterinary, food, pharmaceutical, dairy and biotechnology.
CRYOBANK® features:
- Bar-coding for full traceability, suitable for use with all commonly available bar code readers
- Stackable boxes
- Simple to use procedure
- Has proven storage for fastidious bacteria, non-fastidious yeasts and moulds over long periods
- Suitable for use down to -80°C
- Supplied with a picker for easy selection of cryovials
- Colour coded beads and caps for easy recognition
- External threaded tubes to reduce the risk of contamination
Disc diffusion is still the most popular method for determining bacterial antibiotic susceptibility in the treatment of infectious disease, as highlighted by the variety of international standardised procedures eg.EUCAST (Europe), CLSI (USA), BSAC (UK), AFFSAPS (France), DIN (Germany) & ISC/WHO.
mastdiscsTM AST are available as an extensive range of antibiotic susceptibility test discs presented in vials, or plastic dispensing cartridges.
Manufactured and QC tested in accordance with the accepted limits and clinical standards required for the various national controls, mastdiscsTM AST are suitable for antibiotic susceptibility studies in laboratories worldwide.
- Extensive range available from stock to suit all popular clinical applications.
- Flexible, personalised service manufacturing antibiotic susceptibility discs to customer specification, with low minimum order quantity.
- All discs are strictly quality controlled for antimicrobial potency and batch uniformity.
- Discs are available to suit EUCAST, CLSI, BSAC and other laboratory standard recommendations.
- Inhibition zone diameters can be read by eye or manually using calipers.