EU-IVDR BIOMIC V3 Microbiology System

Rapid Ast Direct From Positive Blood Culture

Rapid AST (RAST) direct from positive blood culture

The BIOMIC V3 Microbiology System provides automated reading, interpreting, and expert review of CLSI and EUCAST rapid AST (RAST) direct from positive blood culture bottles for selected organisms. This feature is included with the Disk Diffusion module.

BIOMIC V3 includes EUCAST RAST incubation breakpoints for 4, 6, 8 and 16-20 hours. Visit the EUCAST RAST webpage for current guidelines and updates.

BIOMIC V3 includes CLSI 8-10 hour and 16-18 hour incubation breakpoints for rapid AST direct from a positive blood culture.

EUCAST RAST - Plate Examples

4 hour incubation EUCAST RAST plate example

4 hour incubation

6 hour incubation EUCAST RAST plate example
6 hour incubation
8 hour incubation EUCAST RAST plate example
8 hour incubation