MICRO SCAN

SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING BACTERIA AND TESTING THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ANTIBIOTICS COMPRISING PANELS CONTAINING WELLS FILLED WITH TEST MEDIA WHICH ARE INOCULATED WITH SAMPLES TO BE TESTED, A MICRODILUTION VIEWER FOR MANUAL READING OF THE MICROTITRE PLATES, AN AUTOMATED PANEL READER OR A SEMIAUTOMATED PANEL READER COMBINED WITH A COMPUTERIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH ANALYZES THE DATA FROM THE PANEL READINGS AND GENERATES A PRINTED REPORT IDENTIFYING THE BACTERIA AND THE ANTIBIOTICS TO WHICH IT IS SUSCEPTIBLE