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Flexible Total Viable Count Assay tailored to your QA requirements
The Oculer TVC assay …. can be engineered and customised to meet your precise needs by varying culture medium and duration of incubation.
50%
Faster Result
100%
Elimination of Plates
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Samples Run Simultaneously
Typical applications for Oculer’s versatile TVC assays
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Process water
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Raw and processed meat
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CIP rinse water
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Wide variety of dairy products
Simple Enumeration Process
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Step 01
Produce calibration curve
Detection times on the Oculer 930 instrument are correlated with plate counts and calibration generated automatically.
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Step 02
Add sample to vial
1-10 ml of sample are added to the gamma-irradiated vial; mix by gentle inversion; place in incubator and walk away.
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Step 03
Read quantitative result
Quantitative results are generated automatically by the instrument in cfu/ml (or gram).
Benefits of the Oculer assays for microbial load assessment
Oculer’s TVC assays for assessing microbial load are fully automated and can be used at different temperatures and with different media according to customer requirements. A calibration curve is generated and stored on the instrument to allow simple and rapid estimations of microbial load during subsequent assays.
The counting range of the Oculer system is up to 10^7 cfu/ml removing the need for multiple dilutions. Use of the Oculer TVC assays negates the need for laborious counting of plates and interferences in colony counting due to sample particulates and spreading organisms. Bacteria are often found in clumps in many sample matrices and these clumps produce a single colony, thereby underestimating the microbial load. Oculer assays are not impacted by bacterial clumping because they measure the amount of microbial respiration.
How It Works
The Oculer Rapid 930 Series is a dual-function incubator/reader that, when combined with our bioengineered culture media and our precision oxygen depletion sensor forms a completely integrated package for food spoilage organisms.
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