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Single Packs
Designed for Easy Handling
Single Packs
Designed for Easy Handling
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Etest® Single Pack is a new packaging option
that provides the following benefits:
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One strip per package eliminates the need to store opened strips
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Easy to open with one hand
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Simply remove strip with forceps or manual applicator device
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Standardized storage conditions (+8°C to -20°C for all antimicrobials)
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Desiccant within each Single Pack helps maintain stability
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Clear, concise labeling on each Single Pack
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Available in boxes of 30 strips
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Etest® provides high medical value
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Test an antimicrobial that is not in routine use
or a new agent
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Determine the MIC* of fastidious, slow-growing
or nutritionally deficient microbes
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Obtain extended-range MICs for a specific patient
population, infection, or critical sample
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Confirm/detect a specific resistance
phenotype (e.g. ESBL**, MBL1***, AmpC2
or GISA/hGISA)
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Refine or help guide treatment decisions
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Promote antibiotic stewardship
* MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (lowest concentration of
an antimicrobial required to prevent growth of a microorganism.
** ESBL: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
*** MBL: Metallo-beta lactamase.
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Etest MBL IP/IPI and MBL MP/MPI are Research Use Only (RUO)
products in the USA.
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Etest AmpC is a Research Use Only (RUO) product.
bioMérieux S.A.
69280 Marcy l’Etoile
France
Tel. : 33 (0)4 78 87 20 00
Fax : 33 (0)4 78 87 20 90
www.biomerieux.com
www.biomerieux-diagnostics.com
Etest® is the trusted leader
in MIC gradient strip technology
as proven by over 3,000 scientific
references, the broadest range
of antimicrobials,
and over 20 years of gradient
strip expertise!

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