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3M Petrifilm Plates Improving Productivity and Reducing Costs
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Technology that makes a difference. As a recognized leader in microbial testing, 3M Microbiology has responded to the unique needs of the food and beverage industry with innovative solutions for your laboratory. 3M Petrifilm plates are a family of sample-ready plates that are uniquely designed to offer you time savings, increased productivity, reliability and most of all, greater overall efficiency that you can feel confident about. For technology that makes a difference, look to 3M Petrifilm plates.
Saving time to improve efficiency. Petrifilm plates increase the productivity of QA personnel by an average of 82 percent.
Percent Efficiency Increase
That’s because lab testing much faster with Petrifilm plates than with conventional
Petrifilm plates save labor time by reducing microbial testing to three simple steps:
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Accurate results in three easy steps.
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Inoculate
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Reduce labor costs. Because labor, rather than materials, is the largest cost component of microbial testing, using Petrifilm plates will help you control costs and increase productivity for better
Labor 70.7%
26-Plant Study
Incubate The space-saving design maximizes incubator space.
overall efficiency.
In an industry study conducted with 292 food processing plants, companies using Petrifilm plates saved an average of 3.7 hours per day of technician time.
Waste 1.5%
These labor savings allow you to address other priorities that can contribute to the overall Quality Assurance effort.
Overhead 15.7% Materials 12.1%
Count A built-in grid makes counting colonies fast and easy.
Reliability you can trust. 3M Petrifilm plates have become the industry standard in food testing because they provide reliable results, technician-to-technician, shift-to-shift, plant-to-plant. Plus, Petrifilm plates are AOAC® Official Methods that you can rely on to deliver consistently accurate and reproducible results. Petrifilm plates are available for most microbial testing needs, including: • Aerobic Count • Coliform Count • E. coli/Coliform Count • Enterobacteriaceae Count • High-Sensitivity Coliform Count • Rapid Coliform Count • Rapid S. aureus Count • Staph Express Count • Yeast & Mold Count • Environmental Listeria
Leading with confidence. If you're looking for a food testing method you can feel confident about, consider that more than 200 evaluations have been completed from validating agencies and peer-review publications worldwide on the precise, consistent results delivered by Petrifilm plates. Additionally, Petrifilm plates are used by 83 of the top 100 food companies. So whether your operation is large or small, you too will appreciate how efficient Petrifilm plates are to work with. For more information about how Petrifilm plates can help you increase your labor productivity and reduce overall costs, call us at 1-800-328-6553. Or visit our Web site at www.3M.com/microbiology and go to our EMAIL subscription link to receive future updates.
3M Microbiology offers a full line of products to accomplish a variety of your microbial testing needs. For more product information, visit us at www.3M.com/microbiology.
Additional Products • 3M™ Quick Swab • 3M™ Electronic Pipettors and Tips • 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader • 3M™ Laboratory Start-Up Package • 3M™ Sterilization Assurance Products • 3M™ Homogenizer Bags
Additional Information •
Questions? U.S., call 1-800-328-6553.
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To order, call 1-800-328-1671 or fax 1-800-972-9307.
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Canada, call 1-800-563-2921 for technical service.
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Latin America / Africa and Asia Pacific regions, call 1-651-733-7562.
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