Meet the team at Healthcare Estates 2015!
Oct 15, 2015
Healthcare Estates is one of the leading events for Healthcare professionals and service providers to meet under one roof. The 2015 conference will be taking place on the 20th and 21st October at Manchester Central; and ALS Environmental will be exhibiting and also presenting at the Water & Infection Control Programme on Tuesday 20th October.
The ALS exhibitor page for Healthcare Estates 2015 can be found here.
The ALS Environmental team will be located at stand D47 in the Water & Infection Control Zone. Our presentation on ESKAPE, the emerging pathogens of concern, will be provided on Tuesday 20th October at 15:00. These pathogens, all of which can be identified on our MALDI-ToF, are:
ESKAPE Pathogen | Incubation Time | Confirmation: Traditional | Confirmation: MALDI-ToF | MALDI-ToF Saving |
Enterococcus faecium | 2 days | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Staphylococcus aureus | 2 days | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 day | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 1 day | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 days | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Enterobacter species | 1 day | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
Stenotrophomonas | 1 day | 1 day | Minutes | 1 day |
The ALS Environmental paper on the ESKAPE pathogens is available to download here.
Delegates of Healthcare Estates will have a unique opportunity to view the ALS Environmental demonstration video of MALDI-ToF confirmations, which allow us to provide instant and informative microbiological positive confirmations. Upon exhibiting at Healthcare Estates 2015 ALS Environmental's Sales & Marketing Manager (Nick Barsby) comments:
"Since utilising the MALDI-ToF confirmation technique, ALS have been pushing the boundaries of microbiological analysis. The addition of the ESKAPE pathogen in 2014 allows us to provide full identification and speciation of these anti-biotic resistant bacteria. We are honoured to be asked to speak about these pathogens at Healthcare Estates and look forward to help the NHS in finding and eradicating these bacteria."
Download the short ALS Technical Datasheet on ESKAPE Pathogens here.
To discuss your analytical requirements, including ESKAPES, MALDI-ToF confirmations and Legionella analysis, or for any other queries please liaise with your Customer Service Co-ordinator or contact us on 02476 42 12 13.