Methods and devices
AssigneeMicrobiosensor Limited
InventorsCurtis Bryce DOBSON, Nishal GOVINDJI-BHATT, Duncan John HENDERSON
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Abstract
A method of analysing a sample taken from a dialysis patient for the presence of microorganisms, said method comprising the steps of: (i) contacting the sample with (I) a first reporting means comprising: (a1) an indicator compound; and (b1) media and/or nutrients that support or encourage microbial growth; and (ii) examining the reporting means.
Claims17
A method of analysing a sample taken from a dialysis patient for the presence of microorganisms, said method comprising the steps of:
- (i) contacting the sample with
- (I) a first reporting means comprising:
- (a1) an indicator compound;
- and
- (b1) media and/or nutrients that support or encourage microbial growth;
- and
- (ii) examining the reporting means.
A device for detecting and/or identifying microorganisms that may contaminate a fluid, said device comprising two channels that are arranged to receive the fluid and wherein:
- a first channel contains a first reporting means comprising:
- (a1) an indicator compound;
- and
- (b1) media and/or nutrients that support or encourage microbial growth;
- and
- a second channel contains a second reporting means comprising:
- (a2) an indicator compound;
- (b2) media and/or nutrients that support or encourage microbial growth;
- and
- (c) a selection factor which selectively inhibits growth of microorganisms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.