Easychem TOX Laboratory

Easychem TOX Laboratory is a discrete analyser for the automatic determination of acute toxicity in liquid samples using luminescent bacteria, with a capacity for up to 30 tests per hour.

Up to 80 samples on board.
Refrigerated compartments for the solution of rehydrated bacteria, buffer solutions and positive controls.
80 reusable reading micro-cuvettes, five-position washing station.
High-sensitivity luminometer, direct reading.
Pre- or post-analysis autodispensing.
Productivity up to 30 tests/hour, after a 30-minute incubation.

Luminescent Batteries

Proprietary bacteria have been selected, cultured, stabilised and freeze-dried, in accordance with standard methods.
Culture rehydrate up to 5 days of life.
High sensitivity to different types of reference substances defined by ISO and GB-T standards, such as zinc sulphate or mercury chloride.
Up to 80 samples on board for approximately 3 hours of automatic analysis.

Advantages and benefits

Up to 10 different programmable dilutions per sample.
Up to 4 different programmable dilutions for testing.
All blank and sample measurements at different dilutions are carried out in duplicate.
Real-time calculation of all parameters required by standard UNI EN ISO 11348-3 “Determination of the inhibitory effect of water samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischeri (Luminescent bacteria test) - Part 3: Method using freeze-dried bacteria” and GB-T 15441.
Graph of toxicity trend over time, continuously measured from 1 to 15/30 minutes after sampling.
Programmable quality control, limits, and parameters.
Programmable white measurement and positive controls to validate results.
During the validation of the results, the automatic analysis does not stop.
Duplicate white mean deviation.
Deviation from the mean of parallel determinations of sample inhibition values.

Applications

Parameters analysed

SKU PWR-MICC-16 Category Laboratory analysers Tag Acute toxicity

Technical Specifications

Technology	DAMTA Analytical monitoring and toxicity assessment device
DETECTOR AND READING	High-sensitivity luminometer – direct reading
Microspecimen reaction cuvettes	80, reusable after washing and background check
REACTION PLATE TEMPERATURE	Adjustable from 15 to 25°C, accuracy: +/- 0.1°C
CHAMPION CAPACITIES	Up to 80 sample tubes on board
LEVEL SENSORS SAMPLES / REAGENTS / WASTE	Yes
SAMPLE / AMBIENT TEMPERATURE	Sample: 5 to 35 °C; Ambient: 5 to 28 °C; Relative humidity at 28 °C < 40%
Feeding	110/230 Vac, 50/60 Hz
Energy consumption	400 W
DIMENSIONS / WEIGHT	62.5 (H) x 89 (W) x 52 (D) cm / 50 kg without reagents
PC and Software	External PC, dedicated software
REAGENTS	Lyophilized bacterial vials: manual rehydration and use Analysis buffers and positive controls: ready for use
Refrigerated reagent tray	Yes, standard
Calibration Interval	Positive control – programmable
REAGENT VALIDITY	Rehydrated batteries: 2-5 days depending on the strain Buffer and checks: 6 months
Sampling frequency	30 samples/hour – with rapid ISO-like method 20 samples/hour – with full ISO method
Incubation Period	Programmable
Analysis time until final result	From 2 to 15/30 minutes – with a rapid ISO-like method From 15 to 30/45 minutes – with full ISO method
Real-time calculation	Real-time calculation of all parameters required by UNI EN ISO 11348-3 and GB-T 15441
MISSING DATA (CHECKING FOR FALSE NEGATIVES AND FALSE POSITIVES)	Programmable up to a missing value for each sample
CHAMPION REPLICATES AND POSITIVE CONTROL (TEST FOR FALSE POSITIVES)	Programmable after any toxicity warning. The analyser runs a new sample with up to 20 dilutions, a positive control and calculates the EC50 in case of toxicity over a predefined threshold.