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We are pleased to share that the value of performing TRUE MIC testing using the MIC system, as a critical tool to comb...
09/07/2025

We are pleased to share that the value of performing TRUE MIC testing using the MIC system, as a critical tool to combat (AMR), is increasingly being recognized in .

Adam And Sons is actively contributing to the fight against in the country by promoting and educating healthcare professionals on the importance of determination, supporting antimicrobial stewardship programs, and helping to reduce the global burden of AMR.

We are delighted to inform you and extend our congratulations on the successful initiation of MIC testing has been successfully initiated at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Center Hospital in Lahore. This implementation enhances laboratory diagnostic capabilities by providing and MIC results, enabling clinicians to optimize antimicrobial therapy, ensure targeted treatment, and improve patient outcomes by ensuring patients receive the , at the , at the .

Once again, we proudly affirm the capabilities of the ™_MIC System, which offers:

➖Precise MIC Testing via the gold-standard method
➖ Detection of emerging
➖A broad panel covering novel and last-resort
➖Allow testing for diverse organisms, including , , , , and

The results generated by this Sensititre will be pivotal in tracking resistance patterns and strengthening programs.

🍵 Is Your Tea Powder Microbiologically Safe?Whether it's black, green, or herbal—microbial safety testing is essential i...
08/07/2025

🍵 Is Your Tea Powder Microbiologically Safe?

Whether it's black, green, or herbal—microbial safety testing is essential in ensuring tea powder meets food safety standards.

Although tea is a low-moisture product, contamination can still occur during harvesting, drying, storage, or packaging—often from soil, water, or human handling.

🔬 Here's a quick rundown of the key microbial tests typically performed during tea inspection:

✅ 1. (TC) Total [Aerobic] Count
• Indicates overall hygiene
• Limit:

⚠️ Disposable Plastic Loop Pack Left Open in Safety Cabinet 🦠In this image, you can see a pointed plastic loop pack left...
07/07/2025

⚠️ Disposable Plastic Loop Pack Left Open in Safety Cabinet 🦠
In this image, you can see a pointed plastic loop pack left open.

If you open the disposable loop pack in advance—either outside the biosafety cabinet or before starting your work—it can compromise both accuracy and contamination control.

🔷 Here’s How:

❌ 1. Risk of Contamination
Airborne microbes such as bacteria, fungi, and spores can settle on the sterile loops.
Even in clean laboratory environments, the air may contain dust, skin cells, mold spores, and microorganisms—all of which can contaminate the loop.

⚠️ 2. False-Positive Culture Results
Contaminated loops may introduce environmental bacteria during inoculation.
This can result in mixed growth or the detection of non-clinical pathogens, affecting diagnostic accuracy.

⚠️ 3. Reduced Accuracy
Unwanted organisms may mask the actual pathogen.
This can lead to incorrect organism identification or inaccurate antibiotic sensitivity test (AST) results.

✅ Good Practice
Always open sterile loops inside the biosafety cabinet, immediately before use.
Avoid pre-opening or leaving packs exposed—even inside the BSC—for extended periods.

💗 Feel free to share this to help raise awareness among others.

==Rapid Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE): A Critical Step in Infection Control==Carbapenem-resis...
07/07/2025

==Rapid Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE): A Critical Step in Infection Control==

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pose a major global threat, causing severe infections with limited treatment options. CRE produce enzymes—like KPC, NDM, and OXA-48—that destroy carbapenem antibiotics, leading to high mortality rates, prolonged hospital stays, and costly outbreaks.
Traditional lab tests for CRE can take days, delaying crucial infection control and targeted treatment.

🌟 ® : A Game-Changer
The NG-Test® CARBA-5 is a rapid lateral flow assay that detects all 5 major carbapenemase families (KPC, NDM, VIM, IMP, OXA-48-like) directly from bacterial colonies in under 15 minutes.

✅ Benefits:
-100% sensitivity and specificity (per published studies)
-Results in less than 15 minutes
-Minimal hands-on time (

🦠Burkholderia cepacia🦠Burkholderia cepacia is a group of bacteria that can cause serious infections, especially in peopl...
06/07/2025

🦠Burkholderia cepacia🦠

Burkholderia cepacia is a group of bacteria that can cause serious infections, especially in people with lung diseases or weakened immune systems. Though less known than other hospital bugs, it can be difficult to detect and treat.

👉 Basic

✅️ It is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium.

✅️ Motile – it moves using flagella.

✅️ Aerobic – requires oxygen to grow.

✅️ Naturally found in soil and water, but it can survive in hospital environments, especially in moist areas (like disinfectants, IV fluids, and medical devices).

Can resist many common disinfectants and antiseptics.

👉 of Infections It Cause:

✔️ Lung infections
✔️ Bloodstream infections (especially linked to contaminated fluids/devices)
✔️ Urinary tract infections
✔️ Wound and surgical site infections
✔️ Sepsis, particularly in critically ill patients
✔️ Contamination-related infections from medical products (outbreaks have been linked to mouthwash, ultrasound gels, etc.)

👉 Why It’s ⚠️

🔻 Naturally resistant to many antibiotics.
🔻 It can survive in hostile environments, including preservative-containing solutions.
🔻 Often leads to outbreaks in hospitals, especially ICUs.

🤔 How It Drug-Resistant ❓️

🔹️ Has natural resistance genes that make antibiotics ineffective.
🔹️ Can pump out antibiotics through efflux pumps.
🔹️ Forms biofilms on surfaces and devices – hard to remove and harder to treat.
🔹️ Can mutate rapidly, especially during long-term infections.

🌟 How to Its in Hospitals...

↪️ Strict hand hygiene practices among staff and visitors.
↪️ Avoid using contaminated products – always check sterility and expiration.
↪️ Regular surveillance of hospital outbreaks and infection trends.
↪️ Use sterile, single-use equipment wherever possible.
↪️ Environmental cleaning, especially in high-risk areas like ICUs.
↪️ Careful use of antibiotics to limit the chance of resistance development.
↪️ Special precautions for patients with chronic lung conditions.

APIC
Infection Control Today®
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CBIC (Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.)
CAHO - Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations
Post Courtesy: Dr Malathi Murugesan, Ani Mathew, Vaishali

🧪🧫 Minimal Media vs. R2A – The Diet Chart of Microbes! 😄Ever wondered what happens when bacteria go on a strict diet vs....
05/07/2025

🧪🧫 Minimal Media vs. R2A – The Diet Chart of Microbes! 😄

Ever wondered what happens when bacteria go on a strict diet vs. a recovery meal?
Let’s enter the kitchen of microbiology! 👨‍🍳🔬

🥗 Minimal Media – The Gym Bro Diet!
“Bro, I only eat what’s necessary.” 😎

✅ Just the essentials:
Glucose (energy boost)
Ammonium salts (protein gains 💪)
Inorganic salts (for the vibes)

📉 No comfort food. No cheat day.
Perfect for:
Studying metabolism
Identifying auxotrophs
Testing bacterial survival skills on Hard Mode 🎮

🍛 R2A Media – Grandma’s Thali for Tired Bacteria!
“Eat beta, you look stressed.” 🧓❤️

🧂 Recipe includes:
Yeast extract – Vitamin shots
Casamino acids – Soft protein
Glucose – Energy booster
Starch – Soaks up toxic tantrums
Pyruvate – Emergency recovery kit
Buffers & minerals – For pH and peace of mind

🛁 Designed for slow-growing, stressed, or injured bacteria from 💧treated water, cleanrooms, or harsh environments.

🚰 How R2A is Used in Water Analysis:
1. Collect your water sample (tap, RO, or WFI).
2. Filter it through a 0.45 µm membrane — because bacteria love hide & seek!
3. Place the filter on R2A agar plate.
4. Incubate at 20–28°C for 5 to 7 days (yes, patience is a microbiologist’s superpower 🧘).
5. Count those CFUs like you're counting followers — each one tells a story!

📌 Why? Because normal nutrient agar may miss slow-growers.
R2A lets them stretch, yawn, and finally grow. 🦠✨

⚖️ In short:
Minimal Media = Gym diet 🏋️
R2A Media = Detox retreat with soul food 🍲

Choose your media like you choose your food:
👉 Based on mood, purpose, and bacterial drama!

Enhancing Rapid Diagnosis in Clinical Microbiology with ™_Bacterial_Antigen_KitIn hospital settings, timely and accurat...
04/07/2025

Enhancing Rapid Diagnosis in Clinical Microbiology with ™_Bacterial_Antigen_Kit

In hospital settings, timely and accurate diagnosis of life-threatening infections like bacterial meningitis and sepsis is critical. The ™_Bacterial_Antigen Kit is a valuable tool in modern diagnostics, offering rapid, qualitative detection of bacterial antigens directly from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other clinical specimens—including urine, serum, blood culture supernatants, and bacterial colonies.

This rapid latex agglutination test detects antigens from key pathogens such as:
-Streptococcus group B
-Haemophilus influenzae type b
-Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)
-Neisseria meningitidis (groups A, B, C, Y, W135)
-Escherichia coli K1

Why it matters:

Provides in just 15–20 minutes, enabling faster clinical decisions and targeted therapy in serious infections. Remains useful even when prior antibiotics may cause negative cultures. Supports infection control and public health efforts, particularly for meningococcal disease

Have you integrated rapid antigen testing into your infectious disease diagnostics workflow? Let’s connect and discuss innovations that enhance patient care in microbiology!

Enhancing Pipetting Accuracy Through Optimal Technique and Positioning➖ Pre-wet the tip – Aspirate and expel liquid 3 ti...
02/07/2025

Enhancing Pipetting Accuracy Through Optimal Technique and Positioning

➖ Pre-wet the tip – Aspirate and expel liquid 3 times to reduce evaporation and ensure consistent volumes.

➖ Immerse tip correctly – Go 2–3 mm deep for small volumes, 5–6 mm for larger. Too shallow = air, too deep = residue.

➖ Pause after aspiration – Wait ~1 second before moving the pipette to let liquid stabilize.

➖ Use consistent speed & pressure – Smooth, steady motions ensure reliable results.

➖ Pipette vertically – Hold straight and avoid container sides to prevent volume loss.

➖ Check the tip before dispensing – Gently wipe outside (not the opening!) to remove droplets.

Perfect technique = perfect results!

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The Story Behind and MediaDid you know the origins of modern culture media trace back to a meat extract company?Foun...
01/07/2025

The Story Behind and Media

Did you know the origins of modern culture media trace back to a meat extract company?

Founded in 1865, the Liebig Extract of Meat Company produced Lab Lemco meat infusions that became vital for growing microorganisms. In 1924, the brand emerged, transforming how laboratories prepared culture media by introducing reliable dehydrated formulations.

Today, as part of , OXOID remains a global leader, supporting diagnostics, research, and quality control with innovative media solutions worldwide.

Explore the full journey here: (https://lnkd.in/d59HpPRG)

30/06/2025

Faster Microbial ID ™ Systems— No Oil. No Pipetting. No Waiting.

Traditional microbial ID panels can take 24–48 hours. Thermo Scientific™ RapID™ Systems revolutionize this with definitive identification in just four hours — or as little as two hours for urinary pathogens.

✅ No oil or anaerobic incubation required
✅ No pipetting — single-step pour-and-tilt inoculation
✅ No air bubbles — surfactant ensures smooth inoculation
✅ Rapid results — same-day reporting for faster clinical decisions

From anaerobes to yeast, Enterobacteriaceae to staphylococci, RapID™ covers over 400 organisms with robust databases and easy interpretation via ERIC™ software or compendia.

Why it matters:
✔️ Accelerates patient diagnosis and treatment
✔️ Reduces lab workload and costs
✔️ Enhances accuracy and confidence in results

Perfect for clinical and industrial labs — whether standalone or as a complement to automated systems.

Let’s bring speed and precision to microbial identification.



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🏭 Compressed Air: The Forgotten Utility in Contamination ControlIt’s filtered. It’s pressurized. But… is it clean enough...
29/06/2025

🏭 Compressed Air: The Forgotten Utility in Contamination Control
It’s filtered. It’s pressurized. But… is it clean enough for direct or indirect product contact?
💥 You’d be surprised how many audit findings trace back to poor compressed air validation.
Whether in pharmaceutical, food, or cosmetic manufacturing, compressed air is often overlooked during contamination risk assessments—until it's too late.
🚫 Common issues I see as a consultant:
• No microbiological monitoring at points of use
• Oil contamination from oil-injected compressors
• Outdated or missing filter maintenance records
• No validation of air-drying system or dew point
• Lack of alignment with ISO 8573-1 or cleanroom grades
✅ Consulting tip: Treat your compressed air like a product-contact utility—same as water or steam. Implement:
Bioburden testing (plate or impaction)
Oil/mist and moisture monitoring
Filter integrity check and change control
Routine trending & requalification
🧪 Remember: A sterile environment isn't sterile if your compressed air is not validated.
🔧 It’s not just air—it’s a contamination risk pathway.

Drop an email to info@musajisons.com for all your Microbial Air Quality Monitoring Samplers.

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