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In This Issue—October–December 2012
IDEXX Receives Belgium-Wallonie Approval of Enterolert-DW for Drinking Water
On October 8, IDEXX Enterolert®-DW received approval from the Belgium Service Public de Wallonie (SPW) based on an equivalency study conducted by seven European laboratories – a validation report of the method was done according to ISO/TR 13843.

News Archive

August 2012
  • IDEXX Colilert®-18/Quanti-Tray® Test—basis for ISO standard 9308-2:2012
May–June 2012
  • IDEXX-QC for Chemistry Tests Now Available in North America
March 2012
  • Full Suite of Quality-Control Tests Now Available
    IDEXX now offers a complete suite of quality-control (QC) tests that work with our existing water microbiology products. The IDEXX-QC tests are easy to use and provide meaningful MPN ranges for the organisms you test most often.
November-December 2011
  • 100-Test Kits Now Available
July-September 2011
  • Combo Packs and 100-Test Kits Now Available
April-June 2011
  • The CDC's Healthy Swimming Program Focuses on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Preventing Swimmer's Ear
March 2011
  • Fecal Coliform Detection Using Colilert®-18 with Quanti-Tray®
November 2010
  • IDEXX Water Testing Products: reliable, flexible and approved
May 2010
  • No Matter What Water Samples You’re Testing,
    IDEXX Makes It Easier to Prepare for Summer
February 2010
  • Helping protect our planet's water makes the world a better place.
    Proven, dependable IDEXX products help our customers around the world.
November 2009
  • Get those kids out of the water! - Stories detailing how children are getting involved in making sure our drinking, bathing and source water are clean.
August 2009
  • Shining a spotlight on the race to provide easy, rapid, accurate water testing.
March 2009
  • Celebrating customers who have achieved new levels
    of speed, efficiency and safety.
August 2008
  • Committed to making a difference
    IDEXX supports individuals who are helping to change the way drinking water is tested around the world.
October 2007
  • IDEXX and Invitrogen: Integrated Capture and Identification
  • Filta-Max xpress®: The number one Cryptosporidium and Giardia filter systems in the world combined with advanced IMS
August 2007
  • U.S. EPA Approves IDEXX Quanti-Tray® Methods for Wastewater Testing
  • Filta-Max xpress® Receives U.S. EPA Approval
January 2007
  • Beware of Imposters: There is good reason to put your trust in IDEXX Colilert®'s patented DST® method
  • Our Water Products Meet a Wide Range of Needs
October 2006
  • IDEXX Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification
  • IDEXX launches the Quanti-Disc™ Reader
  • Simplate® for HPC Now Included in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
July 2006
  • New Regulations Pave the Way for New Wastewater Methods
    Increasingly, laboratory managers who test wastewater are moving to easy, rapid methods for wastewater compliance. This is due in part to the switch from monitoring fecal coliforms to E. coli in wastewater.
April 2006
  • 10 years of Colilert®-18, with expanding approvals and applications
    This year marks the tenth anniversary of the IDEXX Colilert®-18 test as a United States (U.S.) EPA-approved method for drinking-water analysis under The Total Coliform Rule. Colilert-18 remains the fastest U.S. EPA-approved test for total coliform and E. coli analysis.
January 2006
  • Laboratories Need Methods that Span Applications: Water microbiology testing laboratories are increasingly looking for methods that provide accurate quantitative results. A large part of microbiology testing involves drinking-water testing in compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Total Coliform Rule.
October 2005
  • Getting Out in Front of Coliform Positives: Utility managers in the United States might want to steal a trick from the bags of their English colleagues. In the UK, measurement of heterotrophic plate count (HPC) is required for all regulatory drinking-water samples.
July 2005
  • Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray method: Let laboratories manage every aspect of water quality
  • IDEXX Launches Quanti-Disc: A groundbreaking method for testing heterotrophic plate count (HPC) in water
April 2005
  • Enterolert: An easy, overnight test for enterococci
  • Certificates of Quality: You can now request certificates of quality for IDEXX water products online
January 2005
  • No Matter What Water Samples You're Testing—IDEXX makes it easier to prepare for summer
  • New Incubator Available: IDEXX now offers a high-quality incubator to help meet the needs of laboratories in the U.S. and Canada
October 2004
  • IDEXX Vessels: IDEXX's water-testing vessels are the best in the business. Find out how our vessels can make your water testing easier and more accurate.
  • Training Videos Online: IDEXX now offers easy-to-understand training videos that show step-by-step instructions on how to use all of our water microbiology products.
    Visit our Product Training Video page.
July 2004
  • U.S. EPA Proposed Wastewater Rule: The U.S. EPA has proposed the approval of Colilert, Colilert-18 and Quanti-Tray for the detection of E. coli in wastewater, and Enterolert and Quanti-Tray for the detection of enterococci in wastewater.
April 2004
  • Colilert-18 StreamLines Laboratory Workflow: An 18-hour time to result means that samples run in the afternoon can be read the following morning.
  • Colilert-18 U.S. EPA-Approved for Ambient Waters: Offers laboratories the ability to easily and quickly enumerate E. coli in fresh or marine water.
January 2004
  • The Quanti-Tray Method: Microbiological quantification made easy
  • Quanti-Tray Improvements: Improved ease of use, new rubber inserts

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