
The VITEK ® 2 Card and sample are linked via barcode. Place the inoculum into the VITEK ® 2 Cassette at the Smart Carrier Station ™. After primary organism isolation, there is minimal handling with a simple standardized inoculum. Safety is optimized with minimal reagent preparation and reduced handling in a closed, disposable system. Sanders et al, JCM, July 2001, Vol 39, No 7 Convenient & automatedĭesigned to provide ID/AST results in as little as 5 to 8 hours 3, VITEK 2 ® Compact works with economical, ready-to-use VITEK ® 2 ID/AST cards. Barenfanger et al, JCM, May 1999, Vol 37, No 5Ģ. All this, in a cost-effective, space-saving design.ġ. The instrument also lets you enhance laboratory efficiencies with reduced hands-on time and rapid reporting capabilities 2.
The efficiency of the VITEK ® 2 Compact instrument and VITEK ® 2 PC software offers you the capacity to help improve therapeutic success and patient outcomes 1 through reliable microbial identification (ID) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST).
Today’s global healthcare challenges like Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) mean that microbiology labs need to be flexible and responsive to provide the right information at the right time.