QC Microbiology Slides

Acid Fast Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides two air-dried and methanol-fixed droplets within two etched circles. The circle nearest the label contains a droplet of an Acid Fast-Positive Mycobacterium gordonae, a derivative of ATCC® 14470™*. The circle furthest from the label contains a droplet of an Acid Fast-Positive Cryptosporidium in a fecal sample and also contains Acid Fast-Negative intestinal bacteria.

Blood Parasite Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides an air-dried, methanol-fixed, blood parasite smear containing either Plasmodium, Babesia or Trypanosoma.

Cryptosporidium Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides a single, air-dried and methanol-fixed fecal smear containing Acid Fast-Positive Cryptosporidium and Acid Fast-Negative intestinal bacteria.

FYC (Culture Isolates) Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides a single, air-dried and methanol-fixed preparation containing Candida albicans, a derivative of ATCC® 10231™*.

MYC-D (Clinical Samples) Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides a single, air-dried and methanol-fixed preparation containing Candida albicans, a derivative of ATCC® 10231™* with Leucocytes and Erythrocytes.

Mycobacterium Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides two air-dried and methanol-fixed droplets within two etched circles. The circle nearest the label contains an Acid Fast-Positive Mycobacterium gordonae, a derivative of ATCC® 14470™* and the circle furthest from the label contains an Acid Fast-Negative Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a derivative of ATCC® 19414™*.

Pneumocystis carinii Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides a single, air-dried and methanol-fixed non-human tissue preparation containing Pneumocystis.

Not recommended for use with fluorescent stains

Pneumocystis carinii Two-Well Control Slides:

This quality control slide is Teflon coated with two 7 mm wells containing homogeneous suspensions of methanol-fixed rat lung tissue. One well contains normal rat lung tissue; the other contains rat lung heavily infected with Pneumocystis carinii cysts and trophs. There is a frosted area at one end for labeling use.

Not recommended for use with fluorescent stains

S. aureus and E. coli Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides two air-dried and methanol-fixed droplets within two etched circles. The circle nearest the label contains a droplet of Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus a derivative of ATCC® 25923™*. The circle furthest from the label contains a droplet of a Gram-Negative Escherichia coli a derivative of ATCC® 25922™*.

SAF-Preserved Fecal Smear Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides an air-dried, SAF preserved, fecal smear containing a representative intestinal protozoa, usually Giardia lamblia.

Zinc PVA-Preserved Fecal Smear Control Slides:

This quality control slide provides an air-dried, Zinc PVA-preserved, fecal smear containing a representative intestinal protozoa, usually Giardia lamblia.