Under the leadership of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), the Association of German Engineers (VDI), the Technical University of Munich, the Technical University of Dresden and the GWK, non-culture-dependent screening methods are to be standardized, so these can be used in accredited laboratories for the analysis of water samples according...
China CDC recommends rqmicro method as a reliable and easy to use method for the rapid detection of Legionella pneumophila. From August till November 2020 rqmicro’s method was established and evaluated at the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention of China CDC in Beijing. The CDC researchers are satisfied with rqmicro method’s performance...
We are very pleased to have found a reliable and competent partner in the Bio-Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Lehmann GmbH & Co KG (BCL) in Germany who offers our method as a service. This enables customers in Germany and Austria to use our method as a service. The result is delivered within 24 hours of receiving the...
The department for medical examination and hygiene at the UKSH in Kiel validated the rqmicro.COUNT for the quantification of total number of bacteria in natural and artificially spiked drinking water. In this study the portable rqmicro.COUNT was compared to a research flow cytometer installed in the laboratory of the UKSH. “The rqmicro.COUNT showed very good...
This article discusses the risk of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) Legionella and describes two independent studies on the Legionella status of real estate buildings carried out by the Cantonal Laboratory of Thurgau and the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB). Link to publication in German: Aqua Gas N6 2020 Verbesserte Kontrolle von Legionellen
