Overview

The VITEK 2 Compact offers significant advantages over its predecessor, including:

Traceability: Using Virtual Cassette workflow, barcodes on the test cards are loaded into the software via the barcode reader and then compared again as the cards are loaded into the reader. All discrepancies are immediately noted and voided. All user operations are automatically logged into the audit trail.

Accuracy: New Advanced Colormetric Technology^TM enables use of additional wavelengths, resulting in an increased number of existing and novel substrates in each card. The expanded database consists of internal and external organisms with multiple isolates of each, culminating in 93% accuracy for the GP card, 94% for the GN card, 87% for BCL and 84% for YST.

Speed: Time to result has decreased substantially. Cards are now read every 15 minutes, and average time to result is 2-8 hrs for GP and GN, including the non-fermenters. BCL are read at 14 hours and YST at 18 hours.

Safety: The VITEK 2 Compact continues the VITEK tradition of user safety and minimal biohazardous waste. The test card is automatically filled, sealed, read and disposed of in a final waste container.

Two modules are available: The VITEK 2 Compact 30, which can accept up to 30 cards at one time, and the VITEK 2 Compact 60, which can hold up to 60 cards at one time. Test cards can be added in batches of mixed card product types or as single units. Up to two units can be connected to one operating system, increasing your capacity.