We are Featured In the October Issue of Pathology In Practice

Your IVDR Partner for Microbiology

We are featured in the latest issue of Pathology In Practice. Atom Scientific is the only UK company offering IVDR-registered and ISO 13485-compliant Stains and Reagents for use in Microbiology.

AFB Stains

Light Green – UK NEQAS CPT Score 10/10

This stain kit is used for the staining of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and other acid fast organisms in tissue sections and smears. The walls of Mycobacteria are not readily penetrated so phenol is mixed with the basic fuchsin to overcome this. No heat is required for this method.

Methylene Blue – UK NEQAS CPT Score 10/10

This stain kit is used for the staining of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and other acid fast organisms in tissue sections and smears. The walls of Mycobacteria are not readily penetrated so phenol is mixed with the basic fuchsin to overcome this. No heat is required for this method

Gram Stains

Gram Fuchsin

This stain kit is used to demonstrate Gram Positive and Gram Negative Micro-organisms. The main principle of the technique is the increased thickness, chemical composition and functional integrity of the cell walls of gram positive bacteria, which when they die become gram negative.

Hucker & Conn

This stain kit is used to demonstrate Gram Positive and Gram Negative Micro-organisms. The main principle of the technique is the increased thickness, chemical composition and functional integrity of the cell walls of gram positive bacteria, which when they die become gram negative.

Neutral Red – UK NEQAS CPT Score 9/10

This stain kit is used to demonstrate Gram Positive and Gram Negative Micro-organisms. The main principle of the technique is the increased thickness, chemical composition and functional integrity of the cell walls of gram positive bacteria, which when they die become gram negative.

Safranin

This stain kit is used to demonstrate Gram Positive and Gram Negative micro-organisms. The main principle of the technique is the increased thickness, chemical composition and functional integrity of the cell walls of Gram positive bacteria, which when they die become gram negative.

Twort – UK NEQAS CPT Score 10/10

This stain kit is used to demonstrate Gram Positive and Gram Negative Micro-organisms. The main principle of the technique is the increased thickness, chemical composition and functional integrity of the cell walls of gram positive bacteria, which when they die become gram negative.

ZN Stains

Malachite Green – UK NEQAS CPT Score 10/10

This stain kit is used for the staining of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other acid fast organisms. The cell walls of Mycobacteria are not readily penetrated so in order to stain Mycobacteria the basic fuchsin is mixed with phenol to make a powerful stain. Heat can be applied to “force “ the stain into the bacillus. Once stained the bacillus is very resistant to decolourisation retaining the stain even when the rest of the preparation has been decolourised.

Methylene Blue – UK NEQAS CPT Score 10/10

This stain kit is used for the staining of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other acid fast organisms. The cell walls of Mycobacteria are not readily penetrated so in order to stain Mycobacteria the basic fuchsin is mixed with phenol to make a powerful stain. Heat can be applied to “force “ the stain into the bacillus. Once stained the bacillus is very resistant to decolourisation retaining the stain even when the rest of the preparation has been decolourised.