These are the consumables that are not already sitting in a standard Australian micro lab (plates, loops, incubators, MALDI). Order only what you do not already hold. Automated instruments and GeneXpert cartridges are out of scope for this pack.
Immunochromatographic cassette used on a cultured isolate. Reports KPC, NDM, VIM, IMP and OXA-48-like as separate lines in about 15 minutes. No analyser. Room-temperature storage. Typical pack: 20 tests.
Kirby-Bauer disk for aerobic Gram-negatives on standard Mueller-Hinton agar. Do not iron-deplete the plate. Read zone diameter against current EUCAST or CLSI tables. Everyday first method.
Compact broth microdilution panel with the dried agent in doubling dilutions and tubes of iron-depleted cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton broth. Use when the disk is in a technical grey zone or a MIC in mg/L must be reported.
Lyophilised E. coli and P. aeruginosa QC strains with published zone and MIC ranges for the disk and BMD methods. Required for NATA method verification and routine QC.
| Line | SKU | Pack | Typical first order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbapenemase 5-plex LFA | CARBA5-20 | 20 cassettes | 1 box |
| Siderophore cephalosporin disk 30 µg | FDC30-50 | 50 disks | 1 cartridge |
| Siderophore cephalosporin BMD | COMASP-8 | 8 MIC tests + ID-CAMHB | 1 kit |
| QC strain set | QC-GN-SET | 2–3 strains | 1 set |
Labs already hold MH agar, McFarland standards and incubators. Those are not supplied. Chromogenic CRE agar and PCR are optional and not part of this pack.