Medical Products Supplies Companies

Leafield Industrial Estate, SN13 9RT Corsham, Wiltshire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Telephone +44 1225 810361
Fax +44 1225 810153
info@mwe.co.uk
http://www.mwe.co.uk

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03 Diagnostic Tests
03.04 Microbiology testing
03.04.01 Bacteriology testing in microbiology

Bacteriology testing in microbiology

Our products

Product category: Bacteriology testing in microbiology
∑-Transwab®
Culture swabs liquid: ∑-Transwab®

Liquid culture swabs from MWE called ∑-Transwab® are liquid culture swabs for automated and conventional processing of swab specimens.

This new specimen collection device which is M40-A Compliant, incorporates a screw cap tube and Liquid Transport Medium. The specimen is collected using ∑-Swab®, an open celled, polyurethane foam-tipped swab which allows complete flow through of reagents and micro-organisms. The specimen is then placed into the tube of liquid medium for transportation to the laboratory.

The micro-organisms in the specimen are dispersed through the medium, producing a uniform suspension ready for use, either conventionally or on an automatic specimen processing platform, or direct with many rapid molecular tests currently available.

Product category: Bacteriology testing in microbiology
Sigma VCM™ (Large) Duo
Description
Sigma VCM™, large vial with 3.0ml (or 1.5ml) medium, two standard Sigma swabs. Bud type is cellular foam.

Recommended applications
Respiratory, wound and skin.

All clinical Transwab® products comply with the CLSI standard M40-A (for the Quality Control of Microbiology Specimen Transport Devices).

Features

Liquid VCM™ recovers viruses, Chlamydia, mycoplasma & ureaplasma, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Two Sigma swabs with single vial.
Compatible with molecular & cell culture techniques.

Benefits

Single medium for urogenital specimens.
Suitable for molecular and conventional techniques including cell culture.
Liquid phase ideal for multiple aliquoting.

Product category: Bacteriology testing in microbiology
Sigma Transwab® Duo MRSA
Description
Sigma Transwab® with one standard Sigma swab and one red shaft Sigma swab. The bud type is cellular foam.

Recommended applications
Use for MRSA Screening, wound, skin and throat.

All clinical Transwab® products comply with the CLSI standard M40-A (for the Quality Control of Microbiology Specimen Transport Devices).

Features

Liquid Amies.
Sigma Swab for optimum sample pick up and release.

Benefits

Multiple body site sampling for MRSA screening.
Open cell flow through foam bud allows full access and release of sampled organisms.
Compatible with automated systems.

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About Us

Company details
A history of service

MWE was created in 1952 and has recently celebrated 60 years of trading – today we are acknowledged as the market leader in our field.

Stanley Broggio, the founder of MWE, started the company is his own garden shed with the production of wire swabs and general laboratory components. The company quickly went from strength to strength and moved to new premises during the 1960’s to accommodate the production of a growing range – which included the world’s first range of individually packed sterile swabs. In 1975 the ground breaking innovation of the Transwab® revolutionised the industry; an innovation which is still heralded as the industry standard across the globe.

Innovative solutions

MWE have continued to trade and grow successfully throughout the decades, despite economic downturn and a changing market. New product launches such as Virocult®, Sigma-Swab® (∑-Swab®), Polywipe™ and Rapid Test Strips™ have ensured a leading market share in the field of laboratory solutions and the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Today MWE produces in excess of 100 million medical devices per annum, and has an extensive network of global distributers working on their behalf. Their Transwab® range is recognised as the market leading product of choice and their portfolio of products and prestigious clients continues to grow.

All clinical Transwab® products comply with the CLSI standard M40-A (for the Quality Control of Microbiology Specimen Transport Devices).

Medical Wire’s clinical products are CE-marked as medical devices (up to Class IIa) or in vitro medical devices, manufactured to ISO 13485:2003. Where appropriate, they are registered with the United States FDA. All of our clinical and non-clinical products are also manufactured to ISO 9001:2008.

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