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What other equipment will I need  to use the Flexicult™ tests?

Essential:

• An Incubator for incubation of the Flexicult tests at 35°Centigrade.
  
  
• An  example is the small, desk-top Cultura® M Incubator. (http://www.echamicrobiology.co.uk)

Optional (but essential for POETIC RCT stage 3):

• A mid stream urine collection kit.
  
  
• An example is the PEEZY MSU kit (http://peezy.axialit.co.uk). This kit has been shown to reduce contamination rates in urine cultures (Jackson S.R. et al. BJU Int. 2005. Aug;96 (3):360-4).
  

  

• 3 mL disposable pastettes. A pastette can be used when only  a small amount of urine is available. The minimum volume of urine for using Flexicult  is 2.5ml and this can be more easily distributed onto the plate using a pastette.