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Contact Slides DE-y

D/E (Dey/Engley) Neutralizing Agar, Total count, sterile; irradiated, HYCON^®

• Synonym(s): Neutralizing Agar
• UNSPSC Code: 41106200

Properties

• Quality Level: 300
• sterility: sterile; irradiated
• form: plate (ready-to-use)
• feature: ready-to-use
• manufacturer/tradename: HYCON^®
• pH: 7.1 ( in H₂O)
• mp: >95 °C
• application(s): pharmaceutical; surface monitoring
• compatibility: stand alone
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• suitability: bacteria; fungi; nonselective for

Description

General description

Contact Slides DE-y are developed for easy and flexible microbiological monitoring of flat and curved surfaces. The unique design makes it a universal tool for aseptic environments and isolators. Each contact slide is individually sealed and irradiated D/E (Dey/Engley) Neutralizing Agar is a complex medium for cultivation and isolation of a wide range of bacteria, yeasts and molds. The medium is supplemented with a specific mixture of neutralizers developed to neutralize a wide variety of antimicrobial active agents at the sampling point such as phenols and quaternary ammonium compounds

Application

Contact Slides DE-y are designed for the determination of the total microbial count on dry, sanitized surfaces as well as personnel in controlled clean room environments of production lines, i.e. grade A and B cleanrooms, RABS or isolators.

Legal Information

HYCON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 2