Clinical and veterinary laboratories across the globe use MicroBioLogics lyophilized microorganism preparations to support their microbiology quality assurance programs and quality control challenges. Increase your lab’s productivity and quality by measuring overall performance, procedures, and personnel proficiencies with MicroBioLogics lyophilized microorganism preparations.

MicroBioLogics Clinical Products

Reference Stock Cultures
 - LYFO DISK® (view presentation) 
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 - KWIK-STIK™ (view presentation)
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 - KWIK-STIK™ Plus (view presentation)
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 - Microorganism Sets (LYFO DISK® or KWIK-STIK™)
 - EZ-COMP™ Samples
 - Microbiology Slides
 - KWIK-QC™   
 
Additional Resources

Selecting reference stock cultures is only one part of the overall scheme of QC. The following sources offer guidelines for laboratory QC applications:

1. ANS/ISO 17025-1999. American National Standard: General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. 2002. Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality (ASQ).
   
   
2. August, M.J.,Janet A. Hindler, Thomas W. Huber, and David L. Sewell. 1990.Cumitech 3A - Quality Control and Quality Assurance Practices in Clinical Microbiology. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
   
   
3. Isenberg, HI (ed). 1992. Clinical Microbiology Procedure Handbook. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
   
   
4. Isenberg, HI (ed). 1998. Essential Procedures in Clinical Microbiology Handbook. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
   
   
5. Murray, P. R., E.J. Baron, J.H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller, and R.H. Yolken, (Eds). 2003. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 8th Edition. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
   
   
6. NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical laboratory Standards). 2003. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests. Approved Standard, 8th Edition. Wayne, PA: NCCLS.
   
   
7. NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards). 2003. Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grows Aerobically. Wayne, PA: NCCLS.
   
   
8. NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory tandards). 2003. Quality Assurance for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media. Wayne, PA: NCCLS.