Growth Direct - Rapid Microbial Detection System
Maximize the potential of your QC lab with rapid microbial detection and enumeration that are twice as fast at any scale* while offering enhanced accuracy and data integrity. Automated, Non-destructive Rapid Microbial Detection: The Growth Direct System features a non-destructive detection method that requires no reagents. You can proceed directly to identification of colonies in flagged cassettes without re-culturing.
Autofluorescence Imaging Replaces Human Eyes
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are part of the Growth Direct® System’s core technology, causing illuminated samples to fluoresce without destroying them. By combining digital imaging technology with sophisticated software algorithms, the Growth Direct® System can detect and count the autofluorescence of growing microbes with accuracy and consistency—even when sample volumes increase, without the variability of manual counts by error-prone human eyes.
Advanced Robots on Board for High Throughput and Capacity
Designed for maximum throughput with minimal load times, the Growth Direct® System consists of multiple robotic arms, two on-board incubators, and an imaging system. Automatic loading of up to 120 cassettes can be completed in under 20 minutes, and as many as 660 user-prepared samples can be continuously processed at two different temperatures for environmental monitoring, water testing, and bioburden testing.
Hidden Benefits of Rapid Early Detection
Test results with the Growth Direct® System can be made available in dramatically less time than with manual compendial methods, enabling faster product release and enhanced data integrity and security. There are also benefits that support a leaner, less wasteful QC Micro Lab.
These include:
- Fewer defects and errors
- Less time waiting for results
- Prevention of over-production
- Simplified transportation of samples
- Leaner inventories
- Elimination of unnecessary staff interactions with samples
- Reduced processing requirements
More About the Growth Direct System
- Process Automation
- Data and Reporting
- Consumables Technology
- Validation Services
- Support Services