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AST Readers & Instruments
Instruments for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST): automated rapid AST systems that report MICs directly from positive blood cultures, and antibiogram readers that incubate and read disk-diffusion plates. The panels, disks and reagents they run are listed under AST Panels, Disks & Reagents.
Identification and antibiogram
SIRscan Discs Antibiotic Disc Dispensers, Round 90 mm (6 Cartridges) / Square 120 mm (16 Cartridges)
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SIRscan Orion Automated Antibiogram Incubator-Reader for Agar Disc Diffusion (Kirby-Bauer)
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SIRscan Lynx Semi-Automatic Antibiogram Reader for Agar Disc Diffusion (Kirby-Bauer)
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dRAST Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System
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Frequently asked questions
What is a rapid AST system?
A rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing system determines which antibiotics a pathogen is susceptible to without waiting for a pure isolate. dRAST, for example, takes an aliquot of a positive blood culture, immobilises the bacteria in agarose in a 96-well antibiotic panel and reads their growth by time-lapse microscopy, reporting MIC-based results in as low as 4 hours instead of 2 to 3 days.
What is the difference between an AST system and an antibiogram reader?
An AST system runs the whole susceptibility test inside the instrument on its own panels. An antibiogram reader automates an existing disk-diffusion workflow: it incubates the agar plates, photographs them, measures the inhibition zones and interprets them against EUCAST or CLSI breakpoints.
Which AST instruments does Danyel Biotech supply in Israel?
Danyel Biotech supplies the QuantaMatrix dRAST rapid AST system for positive blood cultures, with antibiogram readers being added. Prices are quoted on request - use Request a Quote on any product page.