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Simplicity for Science Simplicity for Science Special Stains Haematology Stain Kits 1 About Us Atom Scientific is a specialised manufacturer of diagnostic reagents with over 50 years in delivering exceptional quality to the life science industry throughout the world History Quality Facilities Established in 2009, Atom Our Quality Management In 2014, the company Scientific is a specialist Systems are Certificated to opened our current single manufacturer of diagnostic ISO9001:2008 site facility in Manchester, stains and reagents for Life enabling Atom Scientific Science Laboratories Our QA/Compliance Team to significantly increase ensure our products are fully operational capacity, whilst As the business has grown auditable from raw material ensuring compliance to all it has organically grown its to finished product current and future legislation product range to incorporate a comprehensive range Our Life Science Testing We specialise in finished of chemicals to suit our Laboratory is operated by product pack sizes from customer’s needs experienced Life Scientists, 10ml/10gm to 25L/25Kg and ensuring our products have manufacturing capacity Our Primary Aims are to are compliant to the for batches from 500ml deliver: requirements of ISO15189, - 5000L saving our customers time • Quality and resources in compliance, Our facilities can accomodate whilst ensuring consistent • Service single bottle requirements quality up to multiple 1000’s to meet • Cost Effective Pricing any lead time requirement All chemicals and reagents offered by Atom Scientific are manufactured, packed and distributed on-site Our philosophy is to make science simple, we deliver high quality validated products, in fit for purpose packaging, safely shipped, at competitive prices, where you want them, when you need them 2 Contact Us +44 (0) 161 366 5123 [email protected] +44 (0) 1704 33 7167 ISO15189 compliant products simply delivering consistency www.atomscientific.com and reliability to Life Sciences Orders Orders can be placed On-Line, by Index Email or by Fax [email protected] Biological Dyes 13 All orders must include Delivery and Invoice Address and product Buffer Tablets & Solutions 12 information as follows: Chemicals & Reagents 14-19 • Product Code • Product Name • Pack Size Fields Stain Kit 7 • Qty • Price Kleihauer Stain 10 All prices on website or in price lists are quoted ex-works on an E,O&E MGG Stain Kit 4 basis Mounting Media 11 Technical PAS Stain Kit 9 Atom provide a Technical Resource on our website, where the following Perls Stain 8 can be downloaded: Rapid Romanowsky Stains 5 • Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) • Certificate of Conformity Reticulocyte Stains 11 • Certificate of Analysis • Product Protocols Romanowsky Stains 6 If we hold a Technical email address for you, a full MSDS will be emailed automatically at point of despatch If you need technical assistance, please contact: [email protected] www.atomscientific.com3 MGG Stains The MGG (May Grunwald/Giemsa) Stain Kit is primarily used for the differential staining of cellular elements of blood. It can also be used to reveal parasites in blood smears, morphologic details in histological tissues such as the spleen, lymph nodes and marrow MGG Stain Kit Standard Kit Contents: Danger May Grunwald Stain Giemsa Stain Sorensens Buffer 200 X Concentrate pH 6.8 Protocol Sheet UN11230 1000 100 Test 200 Test 500 Test Test Code Kit Extension: - 100 -200 -500 -1000 RRSK27 MGG Stain Kit £11.39 £15.91 £22.26 £31.13 Giemsa Stain RR88 May Grunwald Stain Giemsa stain is a member of the Romanowsky May Grunwald is a classic haematology stain group of stains and is a classic differential stain that produces dense coloration in the staining of for peripheral blood smears and bone marrow peripheral blood smears and bone marrows specimens It is routinely used alongside Giemsa stain and Giemsa can also be used to stain bacteria (such as Sorensens buffer as part of the MGG protocol H.pylori), malaria and other parasites Code Pack Price Code Pack Price RRSP54-D 500ml £7.30 RRSP87-D 500ml £7.30 RRSP54-E 1L £10.45 RRSP87-E 1L £10.45 RRSP54-F 2.5L £14.65 RRSP87-F 2.5L £14.65 3L RRSP54-3E-B £26.20 3L Dispenser RRSP87-3E-B £26.20 Dispenser RRSP54-G 5L £37.75 RRSP87-G 5L £37.75 5L RRSP54-G-B £44.05 5L Dispenser RRSP87-G-B £44.05 Dispenser Giemsa Stain PR80 Giemsa stain PR80 is a ethylene glycol, non-methanol based Code Pack Price formulation offering crisp blue RRSP55-D 500ml £8.35 to purple nuclei, cytoplam and ISO15189 compliant products helicobacter RRSP55-E 1L £11.50 simply delivering consistency RRSP55-F 2.5L £20.95 3L RRSP55-3E-B £26.20 and reliability to Life Sciences Dispenser RRSP55-G 5L £37.75 5L RRSP55-G-B £44.05 Dispenser 4 T: +44 (0) 0161 366 5123 W: www.atomscientific.com Rapid Romanowsky Stains A selection of Rapid Romanowsky stains used as classic blood film stain for peripheral blood smears and bone marrow specimens Rapi Diff II Stain Kit Danger Rapi-Diff II is a high quality triple stain, rapid diagnostic staining kit, primarily used for the Rapid Differential Staining of blood cells Standard Kit Contents: Solution A - Fixative Solution B - Acid Dye Solution C - Basic Dye Protocol UN1230 Benefits: • ISO15189 compliant 100 Test 200 Test 500 Test 1000 Test • Results in minutes • Easy visualisation of nuclear and cytoplasmic Code Kit Extension: - 100 -200 -500 -1000 staining • Designed to show virtually all dermapathology cells 4x50ml 4x100ml 4x250ml 4x500ml • Rapid interpretation of fine needle aspiration biopsies RRSK1 Rapi Diff II Stain Kit £10.24 £13.39 £25.15 £37.75 • Optimal as a Haematology or Cytology stain • Reliable results • Detect blood-borne malarial parasites Rapi Diff II Extra Stain Kit Rapi Diff II Stain - Solution B The Rapi-Diff II Extra Kit is essentially a standard Acid Dye Solution for the Rapi-Diff II Staining Protocol Rapi-Diff Kit with additional buffer tablets pH 6.8 used in the Rapid Differential evaluation of blood for those labs that require a complete solution to smears Rapid Differential Staining Code Pack Price Code Pack Price RRSP134-D 500ml £9.95 RRSK190-100 100 Test £13.39 RRSP134-E 1L £15.95 RRSK190-200 200 Test £16.54 RRSP134-F 2.5L £29.75 RRSK190-500 500 Test £30.40 RRSP134-G 5L £44.05 RRSK190-1000 1000 Test £41.95 Rapi Diff II Stain - Solution A Rapi Diff II Stain - Solution C Fixing Solution for the Rapi-Diff II Staining Basic Solution for the Rapi-Diff II Staining Protocol used Protocol used in the Rapid Differential evaluation in the Rapid Differential evaluation of blood smears ISO15189 compliant products of blood smears simply delivering consistency Code Pack Price Code Pack Price RRSP135-D 500ml £9.95 and reliability to Life Sciences RRSP133-D 500ml £9.95 RRSP135-E 1L £15.95 RRSP133-E 1L £15.95 RRSP135-F 2.5L £29.75 RRSP133-F 2.5L £29.75 RRSP135-G 5L £44.05 RRSP133-G 5L £44.05 T: +44 (0) 0161 366 5123 W: www.atomscientific.com 5 Romanowsky Stains A selection of Romanowsky stains used as classic blood film stain for peripheral blood smears and bone marrow specimens Jenner Stain Wrights-Giemsa Stain Jenner Stain is a less complex Romanowsky Stain Wrights Stain facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types The staining solution has anionic and cationic properties. The negatively charged phosphoric It is used primarily to stain peripheral blood acid groups of DNA attract the purple smears and bone marrow aspirates which are polychromatic cationic dyes to the nuclei examined under a light microscope The blue basophilic granules are stained by the polychromatic cationic dyes. Cationic cellular components, such as erythrocytes and eosinophilic granules, are stained by the red and pink anionic dyes acidophilic, basophilic, and neutrophilic granules of leukocytes Code Pack Price Code Pack Price RRSP978-D 500ml £9.40 RRSP76-D 500ml £7.30 RRSP978-E 1L £13.60 RRSP76-E 1L £10.45 RRSP978-F 2.5L £20.95 RRSP76-F 2.5L £18.85 Leishman Stain Leishman Stain is a medium complex Romanowsky, used in microscopy for staining blood smears It provides excellent stain quality and is generally used to differentiate and identify leucocytes, malaria parasites, and trypanosomas Code Pack Price RRSP78-D 500ml £7.30 RRSP78-E 1L £11.50 RRSP78-F 2.5L £17.80 Wrights Stain Wrights Stain facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types It is used primarily to stain peripheral blood smears and bone marrow aspirates which are examined under a light microscope Code Pack Price RRSP153-D 500ml £7.30 RRSP153-E 1L £11.50 RRSP153-F 2.5L £17.80 6 T: +44 (0) 0161 366 5123 W: www.atomscientific.com Fields Stain Fields Stain Kit The fields stain kit is often used for the rapid demonstration of malarial parasites in blood films Standard Kit Contents: Fields Stain Solution A Fields Stain Solution B Sorensens Buffer 200 X Concentrate pH 6.8 Protocol Sheet 1000 100 Test 200 Test 500 Test Test Code Kit Extension: - 100 -200 -500 -1000 RRSK25 Fields Stain Kit £9.40 £13.60 £20.95 £31.45 Field Stain A - Solution A Field Stain A- Solution B This is 1 part of the Fields Stain technique, widely used This is 1 part of the Fields Stain technique, widely used as a as a rapid staining technique for either thin or thick rapid staining technique for either thin or thick blood smears blood smears for diagnosing malaria. It is also used in for diagnosing malaria. It is also used in the staining of the staining of protozoa and other micofilariae protozoa and other micofilariae Code Pack Price Code Pack Price RRSP41-D 500ml £7.95 RRSP51-D 500ml £7.95 RRSP41-E 1L £11.45 RRSP51-E 1L £11.45 RRSP41-F 2.5L £18.95 RRSP51-F
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