Lab M has launched HAL012 Harlequin CSIM, the first product in its range of dehydrated culture media for the isolation of Cronobacter sakazakii.
Lab M's range will include both broth and chromogenic media, and is designed to meet the various testing regimes of different laboratories.
HAL012 Harlequin CSIM (Harlequin Cronobacter sakazakii Isolation Medium) uses the formulation currently recommended as part of the isolation protocol under ISO/TS 22964:2006(E) for Cronobacter sakazakii from milk, infant formula and other milk products.
Formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii, this largely environmental organism has been associated with serious infections in newborns fed on infant formula milk.
Implicated in sepsis, meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis with a high death rate in newborns, the main source of C.
sakazakii contamination appears to be the manufacturing environment.
Chromogenic technology enables faster detection and improved sensitivity compared with classical culture media, reducing the need for sub-culture or confirmatory tests.
Lab M said it is able to reduce laboratory workloads even further by providing culture plates ready prepared with the HAL012 Harlequin CSIM.
