Viscous foods, cosmetic products, etc. can sometimes only be diluted or homogenised with difficulty for the determination of bacterial counts. Adding 1 gram of creamy sample into test tubes is laborious as is dissolving it. The long vortexing of the test tubes is unpleasant and painful for sensitive hands. A new video shows how the … Read more
For pipetting samples containing particles or samples that are sensitive to shear forces such as cell suspensions or genomic DNA samples, pipette tips with a wide opening are used. With the Inlabtec Pipette Tip Cutter, the front end of standard tips can be cut off precisely and reproducibly. This allows the outlet opening of any … Read more
For most biological laboratories, the use of plastic consumables is a necessity. Without high-purity pipette tips, Petri dishes, etc., sensitive analytical methods cannot be reliably performed. Depending on the sample volume, the cleaning effort of reusable material is often too high to guarantee an efficient laboratory operation. How can a laboratory, without abandoning plastic disposables, … Read more
The article compares the now standard protocol of using sample preparation bags for stomaching** with how the Inlabtec Serial Diluter makes it possible to now perform serial dilutions in Serial Dilution Bags expanding the use of bags as a cost and resource saving alternative to test tubes or cups prefilled with diluent. For stomaching, a … Read more
Increasing work load, cost pressure or lack of qualified personnel makes process optimization and automation an important topic for many microbiological food testing laboratories. Sample heterogeneity, many different test parameters and testing itself are a challenge for a full automation solution which includes the following process steps: to weigh the food sample in a stomacher … Read more
Due to the high number of Covid-19 tests worldwide, 1 ml filtered pipette tips have become a rare commodity. Many laboratories can no longer procure these tips in sufficient quantities. Alternatively, Inlabtec Pipette Filter Plugs provide reliable protection of the pipette against contamination in standard microbiological applications. For the applied SARS-CoV-2-RT-PCR tests, filtered tips are … Read more
The new Serial Diluter UA is a universal sample diluter for the preparation of decimal dilutions for microbiological testing. An integrated bag mixer makes it suitable for all sample matrices including viscous, fat-rich or sugar-containing samples such as cream, egg yolk, syrup, etc. The bag mixer was developed especially for the Inlabtec Serial Dilution Bags. … Read more
iNLABTEC AG launches the Serial Diluter TA12 in response to demand from food culture manufacturers for product control by cell count determinations requiring up to twelve dilution steps per sample. With the new TA12 a twelve step dilution series is a breeze!
The Inlabtec Serial Diluter automates and standardizes the mixing and dilution of samples in accordance with ISO 6887-01. This increases the efficiency and reliability of germ count determinations. The LABO technical article shows how the dependency of the quality of the germ count determinations on persons can be decisively reduced and the user is relieved. … Read more
SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company and recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 90,000 employees, SGS operates a network of more than 2000 offices and laboratories around the world. SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH as part of the SGS Group Germany is one of the … Read more