HYCON® Contact Slides

HYCON® Contact Slides for microbial monitoring of flat and curved surfaces are designed as standardized agar media in a flexible foil. Their unique design makes them universal tools for easy microbial monitoring of flat and curved surfaces. The choice of formulations includes total count media as well as selective media for yeasts and molds, and for coliform organisms. For use in most critical areas there are gamma-irradiated products in sterile double packaging available. Each contact slide is welded shrink-wrapped into a resealable sleeve to enable individual strips to be safely sterilized a number of times by peroxide gassing.

Safe and reliable:

• Individually sealed, H₂O₂-impermeable primary packaging
  
• Re-sealable sleeve ensures sterility and allows for safe handling and safe transportation
  
• Produced in clean rooms, rigorously quality controlled including 100% visual inspection of each and every contact slide
  
• Growth promotion, packaging and storage extensively validated
  
• Standardized contact area in agreement with international guidelines (25 cm²)

Convenient:

• Validated storage from 2 °C - 25 °C allows room temperature storage and thus reduced preparation time (except for DE-γ and B)
  
• Long shelf-life of up to six months for fewer incoming goods controls
  
• Can be used for flat, irregular or curved surfaces

Additional benefits of gamma-irradiated products:

• Sterile for maximum safety
  
• Specifically designed for applications within clean room and isolator environments
  
• Double packaging for easy transfer into critical environment