BD FACSMicroCount
Applications
Water quality testing
Purified water is a primary ingredient in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and many other industrial products. Monitoring the microbial content of water ensures product quality and helps manufacturers realize reductions in maintenance and operating costs by identifying sources of clogging and microbial corrosion.
The BD FACSMicroCount™ system is an easy-to-use and rapid screening solution that provides reliable, quantitative results in less than 5 minutes, so testing is completed with significant time savings over traditional testing methods, which can take several days.
Screening Purified and Process Water for Microorganisms
The BD FACSMicroCount automates the process to keep the testing as simple as possible. After the water sample is collected, it is transferred to a sterile tube and loaded into the instrument. When the Water Analysis application is selected, the software activates the high-throughput option and automatically performs reagent additions, mixing, and sample injections. For rapid preparation of multiple samples the default reaction time for each reagent is 175 seconds. Up to 42 samples can be loaded at one time, and the application can test up to 12 to 15 samples per hour.
Comparisons of Estimated Response Time for Contamination Events
Results from BD FACSMicroCount and R2A 5- and 10-day Plate Count
