• Rapid microbiology
• Cell proliferation/Cytotoxicity
• Hygiene control
• Enzymes & metabolites
• Reporter gene studies
• Immunoassays
• Kinase Kit for HTS & research

Hygiene control

	Hygiene control of surfaces or liquids
ATP assay ATP+AMP assay
266-221 ATP Hygiene Kit HS and Lumitester C-100   LuciPac Pen and PD-20

Applications include: Industrial food production facilities (including CIP) Remedial action for HACCP in the food & beverage industry Surface monitoring in hospitals, clinics, clean-rooms and pharmaceutical industry	Personnel hygiene check of medical staff Training of cleaning personnel Evaluation of new cleaning procedures, equipment and detergents

Principles:

Since all living cells contain ATP, the energy currency of the cell, one can estimate the amount of biological dirt by assaying ATP or its degradation product AMP. These methods do not differentiate between bacteria, other cells or extracellular ATP. Rather the assay shows that the surface or liquid sample contains biological material. This means that microorganisms will start to grow on the surface or in the liquid under suitable conditions. Hygiene control by ATP assay has been used for many years in the food industry and in hospitals. It is a very convenient way to find out if cleaning procedures are adequate and how to improve them. During food production ATP is partially degraded to AMP. Measuring ATP+AMP gives a measure of the entire biological material in the sample regardless of whether it is alive or not. ATP Hygiene Kit HS is delivered in dropper bottles to avoid pipetting steps. LuciPac Pen is an all-in-one device including swab and reagents. Please note that different luminometers must be used with the two kits.