SwabUp™LabMonitoringkitisfortracingDNAcontaminationhot-spotsinmolecularBIOLOGylabsinordertoefficientlyeliminatethemandpreventfutureoccurrence.
Smallamountsofamplicon-ortargetDNAcontaminationscouldleadtoPCRartifactsandfalsepositiveresults.Originatingfromaerosolizedfragmentsincentrifuges,Pipettesandotherlabequipmentorfromsmallsplattersduringworkingwithopenreactiontubes,contaminantDNAisveryhardtoremoveandcanleadtocrosscontaminationsbetweensamplesandwidespreadproblemsthroughoutthetestingprocedureandinterpretationofresults.SwabUp™LabMonitoringkitcontainsasamplecollectionsystemandDNAextractionsystem,whichwasoptimizedfortheefficientdetectionofthesmallestamountsofcontaminantDNA.
ThiskitisrecommendedfortheregularmonitoringofthelabworkareaanddetectionoftargetorampliconDNAcontaminations.
Labmonitoringshouldbeperformedinregulartimeintervals,wheresamplesarecollectedfromsurfacesand/orequipment,whichareeasilyexposedtotargetandampliconDNAcontaminations,e.g.,centrifuge,pipettes,reactiontuberacks,doorknobs,labbooks,computerkeyboard,computermouse,touchpad,desktopsandanysurfaceofamolecularlabworkarea.
SwabUp™LabMonitoringkitisforresearchuseonly.ItisnotrecommendedforclinicalanddiagnosticapplicationsorforthedetectionofRNAcontaminations.
Separatelypackedswabs,CollectionBuffertubes,spincolumn-basedDNAextractionSystem.
Ethanol(>96%abs.),1.5mlreactiontubes.
Microcentrifuge,heatblock,pipettingEquipment.
DNAextractionsystemshouldbestoredatroomtemperature,CollectionBuffertubesmustbestoredat2–8°C.Swabscanbestoredat2–30°C.
SouthernBiotech/Goat Anti-Human Lambda-Alexa Fluor® 555/2070-32/1.0 mg
vectorlabs/Biotinylated Aleuria Aurantia Lectin (AAL)/B-1395/1 mg
vectorlabs/VECTASTAIN® Elite® ABC-HRP Kit (Peroxidase, Mouse IgG)/PK-6102/1 kit
vectorlabs/VECTASTAIN® Elite® ABC-HRP Kit (Peroxidase, Universal)/PK-6200/1 kit
vectorlabs/Unconjugated Musa Paradisiaca (Banana) Lectin (BanLec)/L-1410/5 mg
GiottoBiotech/Calmodulin N60D/5 mg/G02CLM60cn