At the KMIS meeting (Klinisch-Mikrobiologisch-Infektiologisches Symposium) on Dec. 3-5, 2009 in Berlin, Bruker Daltonics announces a framework agreement with Synlab (www.synlab.de) concerning molecular microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Synlab is a European private diagnostic laboratory association, and Bruker Daltonics is the worldwide leading provider of mass spectrometry-based microorganism identification solutions. Synlab currently has more than 70 diagnostic laboratories in Germany and other European countries.
Synlab and Bruker have concluded a long-term partnership agreement in order to equip the laboratories of the Synlab association exclusively with the MALDI Biotyper system for fast and reliable molecular microbial identification. The MALDI Biotyper is currently already in routine use in Synlab’s clinical microbiology centers in Trier, Weiden and Dachau in Germany. Moreover, Bruker and Synlab intend to further enlarge and refine the MALDI Biotyper reference library using well defined clinical isolates from the daily microbiology routine work of the Synlab laboratories.
The MALDI Biotyper is integrated into the Synlab laboratories’ microbiology workflow, combining fast molecular identification with conventional antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). The MALDI Biotyper reports the identification results into the existing laboratory information systems (LIS). Integration with LIS MCS (www.mcs-ag.com), Medat (www.medat.de) and Vision4health (www.vision4health.com) has already been established for Synlab, while integration with other LIS providers is also possible.