Description
The Puget Sound VA Medical Center is seeking a contractor to provide a MALDI (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization) Mass Spectrometry (Microbial Identification System). The system must be able to identify microorganisms using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass and meet the performance characteristics for accuracy and precision as defined by the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). The system should include the instrumentation necessary to identify common microorganisms encountered in clinically relevant patient samples through analyses of protein fingerprint spectra from Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria, yeast and fungi from any patient specimen source suspected of bacterial or fungal infection.
Some key features of the system include:
• The MALDI Biotyper CA System identifies microorganisms using MALDI-TOF (Matrix- Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight) mass spectrometry to measure a unique proteomic fingerprint of an organism.
• The system should have a robust Mycology department, available modules must include Filamentous Fungi and Fungi Library Extension allowing for at least 220 different species.
• The instrument should be a light (75kg or less) benchtop solution for seamless installation and maintenance in the laboratory.
• The system should operate quietly in a laboratory environment at < 50 db and should perform within a broad operating temperature and humidity range of 16 – 30°C and 20 – 75%, non-condensing.