These days, your microbiology lab faces increased staffing, time and workflow pressures. Yet you cant let that influence your quality standards: accuracy, time-to-results and full traceability for accreditation. Automated and designed for intuitive workflow, PREVI® COLOR GRAM gives you confidence in the results you provide. It makes Gram staining easy and safe while ensuring accurate, standardized results in minutes.
Accurate standardized staining
PREVI® COLOR GRAM is an automated Gram stainer system that provides accurate, standardized results for all types of specimens.
- Standardized staining – innovative spray nozzles always
dispense the same reagent volume
- No cross contamination – each slide separated & fresh staining reagent used each time
- Improved microorganism differentiation compared to
manual and bath staining results
- Full traceability of reagents, users and maintenance – troubleshoot problems & ensure compliance
- User management to ensure standardization of the process
Clean and safe staining
Use of hazardous reagents in the Gram staining process is a safety concern, especially when it’s done manually. PREVI® COLOR GRAM has been designed with your safety in mind. And its smart cleaning and disposal features are convenient and environmental responsibility too.
- User Safety
- Ready-to-use, closed reagent bottles
- Integrated reagent waste container to avoid user contact with waste
- Low toxicity of crystal violet
- Level sensors avoids waste spillover
- Clean & convenient
- Self-contained waste system (no need for a sink)
- Automated cleaning after 3-hours shut-off
- Fewer maintenance issues
- Environmentally Friendly
- Waste container
- Less waste: economically uses just enough reagent needed
Intuitive workflow
Your lab is continually being asked to do more with less – so you need to make the most of your time and workflow. Manual Gram staining is a time-consuming, demanding procedure. PREVI® COLOR GRAM’s automated, intuitive workflow makes your life easier.
- Simply Load & Go (just 2 handling steps!)
- Easy intuitive touch screen
- Customize & program protocols to suit your needs
- Rapid results (3-5 minutes)
- Fully automated process from fixation to slide drying
- Improved lab workflow with single or batch slides possible
- Can be integrated with Full Microbiology Lab Automation
- Convenient, compact system adjusts to your lab
Optional cytocentrifuge function
Get added flexibility and function by turning your PREVI® COLOR GRAM into a full-featured cytocentrifuge system with the ingenious optional PREVI™ ROTOR.
- Economical (2 instruments in 1!)
- Safe & reliable with airtight carousel
- Can be loaded/unloaded under laminar flow hood
- Flexible:
- Choose single or dual chambers (expand from 8 to 16 slides)
- Adjust speed, acceleration rate, time
- Easy-to-use programmable memory
- Easily switch between staining & cytocentrifuge
Please consult your local bioMérieux representative for product availability in your country
