Make critical decisions faster with the 3M™ Molecular Detection System
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Be confident in your pathogen testing process and save time and labor costs with ready-to-use reagents, a single protocol for all pathogens and same- or next-day results. Plus, with its space-saving design and ability to test for multiple types of pathogens simultaneously, the 3M™ Molecular Detection System helps you work efficiently and release products quickly so you can protect consumers, your business and your bottom line.
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Advanced technology, simplified
3M Food Safety listened to our customers to develop an innovative approach to pathogen detection that gives organizations control over their time, protocol, process, productivity, quality and brand.
Powered by unique technologies — Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) and Bioluminescence Detection — the 3M™ Molecular Detection System is a fast, accurate, easy-to-use and affordable solution.
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All the advantages of the 3M™ Molecular Detection System are now available with automation by Hamilton® foodInspect™ NIMBUS®, bringing productivity and flexibility to your process. Imagine what your lab could accomplish with this powerful partnership.
See the advantages of pathogen testing automation. (PDF, 348.30 KB)
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Allow personnel to take on additional value-added tasks.
The USDA FSIS Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook (MLG) methods for pathogen detection have been updated to reflect 2019 standards, including Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) technology.
Read the USDA MLG
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LAMP amplification technology versus PCR
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The 3M™ Molecular Detection System uses Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) technology, which is robust, efficient, sensitive and specific. 3M™ Molecular Detection Assays 2 are set up to allow flexible configurations, including traditional microbiological controls and adjacent laboratory process controls. By utilizing molecular microbiology for pathogen detection, LAMP amplification technology gives you more control over your testing process.
In comparison, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, commonly used in DNA-based pathogen detection, uses Internal Amplification Control because of its own limitations and susceptibility to inhibition from sample matrices, which can lead to false negative results.
- Instrument self-check
- Software control
- See results as early as 15 minutes
- Matrix control
- Instrument self-check
- Software control
- See results as early as 15 minutes
- Matrix control
- Single protocol for all assays
- Easy to use
- Less training
- Single protocol for all assays
- Easy to use
- Less training
- Ready-to-use lysis tubes eliminate preparation of lysis solution
- Lysis chemistry based on 3M nanotechnology
- 2-color process control
- Ready-to-use lysis tubes eliminate preparation of lysis solution
- Lysis chemistry based on 3M nanotechnology
- 2-color process control
- 2 transfer steps to reduce user error
- Ready-to-use reagent tubes
- 2 transfer steps to reduce user error
- Ready-to-use reagent tubes
- 8 pathogen tests that can be run simultaneously
- Sample capacity of 96 for high throughput (1 to 384 samples) connecting 4 instruments with a single computer
- 8 pathogen tests that can be run simultaneously
- Sample capacity of 96 for high throughput (1 to 384 samples) connecting 4 instruments with a single computer
- Third-party scientific validations
- No internal amplification control needed for reliable results
- Third-party scientific validations
- No internal amplification control needed for reliable results
How to use the 3M™ Molecular Detection System
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1. Set it upPower up the system, launch the software and enter your data. Transfer enriched samples to the pre-filled lysis tubes. -
2. Run the testHeat and cool the lysis tubes. Add the sample lysate to the reagent tubes.
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3. Get resultsPress start, load the instrument and walk away. Monitor real-time presumptive results as pathogen DNA is detected.
3M Food Safety pathogen testing videos
Validations and awards for the 3M™ Molecular Detection System
Get sustainable science
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The future is green — make sure your lab is, too, with 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay 2 - Salmonella.
Resources for pathogen testing and detection
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