AUTOMATION OF A TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING BACTERIAL SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS
Abstract
An automated antibiotic sensitivity test breadboard based on the tube dilution principle was fabricated according to designs prepared in the preceding quarter. The completed instrument is housed in two units: an incubator and tube transport unit, in which samples are temperature-conditioned and their turbidities measured periodically by light scattering; and a console, which contains in separate compartments (a) the tube - transport control unit and a program selector for recording turbidities, (b) a tape printer, (c) logic for processing and interpretation of information, (d) a core memory, and (e) power supplies. The instrument and requisite biologicals are available for scheduled operations with pure and mixed cultures and chemical specimens.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0822019
Entities
People
- Garst Reese
- H. H. Anderson
- L. T. Carleton