Biotest has launched its RCS High Flow Touch Microbial Air Sampler, featuring a colour touchscreen and a new battery concept, to enable microbial monitoring of ambient air and compressed gas.
With its colour touchscreen, intuitive software and battery concept, the RCS High Flow Touch Microbial Air Sampler is designed to make the monitoring of cleanrooms and isolators in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, cosmetics and food industries reliable, effective, flexible and easy.
The complete system, consisting of instrument and agar strips, also meets regulatory requirements - the RCS technology has been extensively validated according to ISO 14698-1.
The RCS High Flow Touch Microbial Air Sampler employs the principle of centrifugal impaction according to Reuter, whereby air is taken into a rotor and accelerated.
The microorganisms in the air stream are then gently applied to an agar strip, which, after a defined incubation period, is evaluated.
The RCS technology provides high physical- and biological-collection efficiencies, as well as an even distribution of microorganisms.
The main objective of the instrument's redesign was to combine the proven RCS High Flow Technology with features for even simpler, faster and more convenient handling.
The new instrument has been equipped with a high-resolution colour touch screen, the sealing of which resists common sterilisation and disinfection procedures.
Key information is shown on a single screen, with commonly used symbols and functions enabling a quick change of menu and easy programming.
The power supply is via an integrated, long-life lithium-ion battery, which has the capacity to perform more than 35 x 1,000-litre measurements with one full charging cycle.
Due to the instrument's software-driven, continuous control of total and current battery capacity, the main window always shows the number of remaining measurements.
A selection of standardised agar media to determine total count or specific microorganisms is available for use with the RCS High Flow Touch Microbial Air Sampler.
For higher cleanroom classes, there are gamma-irradiated products in double packaging.
Optional accessories include a docking station for convenient re-charging of the integrated battery, an adapter for monitoring compressed gases, software and accessories for identifying barcodes, instrument qualification plans and comprehensive validation documentation.
