Infection Control

Reading negative culture plates is time-intensive

Colonisation for these drug-resistant organisms is generally rare.

This means that a large proportion of microbiologist time dedicated to infection control – typically more than 90% - is spent reading plates returning a negative result.

Petri plate of Methicillin resistant Staphylococci MRSA bacteria

APAS Independence is a better solution

MRSA and VRE Analysis Modules

These modules are a collection of software packages used for detecting the presence of colonies indicative of MRSA and VRE on specialised chromogenic media.

AI-enabled software automates infection control and saves time

Using the interpretative AI-enabled software, the APAS Independence automatically identifies target organisms of interest and triages them for microbiologist review while automatically reporting negative screening results.

High sensitivity, high accuracy

The system has a demonstrated high sensitivity and negative predictive value. It automatically detects the presence or absence of colonies that display target chromogenic colours — with a high degree of accuracy¹.

Triaged, positive results lead to early assessment

Any triaged positive results allow for early assessment by microbiologists. This speeds up patient isolation and treatment.

APAS Independence Infection Control Analysis Module features

Auto-result release

Integrate with your laboratory’s existing LIMS to immediately release negative results as they are processed on theinstrument

Colony detection

Detects and differentiates the presence of colonies displaying target colours on chromogenic media based on the manufacturers’ guidelines.

User interface

Reports are displayed via the APAS Web User Interface and easily accessible from any networked workstation.

Growth detection

Accurately detects colonies at plate edges and those obscured by labels and other plate markings.

APAS Independence interface displaying infection control testing results

Proven APAS Independence performance

APAS Independence is trustworthy, verified and validated

Regulatory cleared in the United States, Europe and Australia.

Performance demonstrated in IVD studies.

Referenced in more than 25 scientific publications in leading academic journals.

APAS Independence can process 200 culture plates per hour - ~3 times faster than manual reading.

Scientifc Library

"Using the APAS Independence we are able to manage our MRSA reads using only one staff member, enabling us to redeploy staff to work on developmental projects or areas of higher impact in the laboratory."

Alan Williams, Lead Clinical Scientist, HSL

¹Krienke, S., Nowag, A., Wisplinghoff, H.,Giglio, S., Wirth, S. and Jazmati, N. 2021 Validation of APAS Independence(CCS) AI-Algorithms to detect MRSA in a routine setup. ECCMID 2021. Online.