Federal Office for Civil Protection, SPIEZ LABORATORY
Overview of laboratory services
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indicate methods used by the SPIEZ LABORATORY.
| Detection of following bacteria possible | CULTURE | VIDAS | IF | ELISA | HHA | PCR |
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| Aerobie mesophilic bacilli* (LM) | |
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| Anaerobic mesophilic bacilli (LM) | |
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| Aerobic spores (LM) | |
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| Anaerobic spores (LM) | |
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| E. coli* (LM) | |
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| Enterococci* (LM) | |
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| Bacillus cereus (LM) | |
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| Campylobacter spp. (LM) | |
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| Clostridium perfringens (LM) | |
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| Salmonella spp. (LM) | |
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| Coagulase-pos. staphylococci | |
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| Clostridium botulinum | |
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| Vibrio cholerae | |
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| Bacillus anthracis | |
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| Yersinia pestis | |
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| Francisella tularensis | |
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| Borrelia burgdorferi | |
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| Burkholderia mallei | |
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| Burkholderia pseudomallei | |
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| Brucella melitensis | |
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| Coxiella burnetti | |
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| Rickettsia prowazekii | |
* Drinking water analyses, STS 319 accreditation
Abbreviations| CULTURE | Growing cells on solid and/or liquid culture media, poss. including microscopy and biochemical tests |
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| LM | According to the provisions of the Swiss Foodstuffs Manual |
| VIDAS | Automated immunoassay system to analyse foodstuffs |
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
| ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, (Antibodies {Ab} and/or antigen {Ag} detection) |
| HHA | Hand-Held Assay (Rapid detection system) |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
Abbreviations:
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
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| ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| NT | Neutralisation test |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| SEQ | Sequencing |
| VI | Virus Isolation in cell cultures |
| Detection of the following toxins is possible |
LFA | ELISA | SAS | GE | BA | MS | HPLC | GC-MS |
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| Ricin | |
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| Botulinumneurotoxine A,B,E+F | |
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| Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B |
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| Ricinin (Ricin Marker) | |
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Abbreviations
| LFA | Lateral Flow Assay |
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| ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| SAS | Suspension Array System (BioPlex-200, Bio-Rad) |
| GE | Gelelektrophoresis (Western-Blot) + Bioanalyzer 2100 |
| BA | Bioassay (in vitro + in vivo) |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS, MALDI-TOF) |
| HPLC | High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (mit Fluorescence Detektion) |
| GC-MS | Gas Chromatography with MS Detektion |
| (*) | Mouse-Assay (External at Miprolab D-Göttingen) |
| Determination of values in human blood possible | PM |
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| Cholinesterase (Serum- and acetylcholinesterase)* | |
* STS 054 accreditation
Abbreviations: PM = photometric