Saturday, November 20, 2010

Demonstration of PMEU Spectrion coliform analyses in Tornio, 17th - 18th November 2010.




Finnish Water and Waste Water Works Association (FIWA) has arranged a conference for the professionals of water and wastewater authorities and salesmen, especially those locating in Northern Finland, in Tornio at the end of November 2010. FIWA's membership includes over 300 Finnish water utilities which cover about 90 % of water services in Finland. In addition FIWA has about 130 collaborating members (companies, institutes, etc.), among them also SAMPLION Ltd.

Rapid, quantitative analyses of coliforms and E.coli, based on COLILERT cultivation (IDEXX, U.S.A.) were demonstrated on the expo stand of SAMPLION Ltd. These methods, also applied to the national POLARIS Project in Finland by SAMPLION Ltd. and BERNER Ltd., have been visualized in the photos above. Yellow color of the cultures indicate coliform growth and E.coli can be detected among other coliforms by its blue fluorescence when illuminated with short-wave UV emission ("Wood's Lamp).

A short, oral presentation concerning the benefits of broth culture analyses (compared to colony count analyses) was held by Key Account Director Juha V.Mentu who also highlights those PMEU Spectrion features which are unique among broth culture methods: speed (which has been achieved with efficient mixing and aeration), alternative gas compositions (for aerobic, microaerophilic and anaerobic microorganisms) and ON LINE growth measuremets from the test syringes, deliverable also in wireless way to the observer of the analyses.

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