QuikTest™ Bioscreen

Suspicious Powder Pre-Screening Kit

The QuikTest™ Bioscreen kit is designed to help first responders quickly determine whether a suspicious powder may contain a bioterror agent. The kit can rule out the presence of pathogens or toxins in just five minutes, enabling public safety personnel to immediately screen for potential biothreats in the field before a definitive assessment can be made.

If the QuikTest Bioscreen test does not rule out the possibiliity of a biological threat, further testing may be done on site with QuikTest™ HHA to identify up to eight bioterrorism agents.

Sold in sets of 25 kits.

Your first step in assessing white powder threats.

QuikTest Bioscreen – simple to use, fast results

Just swab, swirl, and wait five minutes. QuikTest Bioscreen is the ideal rapid indicator for first responders and hazmat teams.

Avoid unnecessary immunoassay testing

QuikTest Bioscreen is a lower-cost product that may rule out the need for more expensive testing such as immunoassays.

Use with QuikTest HHA™ when indicated

If QuikTest Bioscreen does not rule out biological agents, use QuikTest HHA to test for up to eight bioterrorism threats.

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Product Features

Fast: 15 minutes to train, five minutes to results

Provides a simple indicator of a potential biological threat

Rules out 87% of powders that cause citizens to call 911

Save time and resources, and reduce citizen concern over false alarms

Used by more than 450 first responder teams and government agencies nationwide

Simultaneously screens for the possible presence of multiple agents

Laboratory proven to detect anthrax, plague, and ricin

Economical

Sold in sets of 25 kits

Tested by the US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Metropolitan Health Research Center in Tokyo, and the Battelle Memorial Institute

Product Applications

Public safety

First responders

Military

Operational Details

Principle

The product works primarily by using PurpleHaze™ Technology to identify protein, which is found in all living material. All biowarfare agents, including anthrax and ricin, contain protein. Many harmless substances often mistaken to be potential bioterror agents, such as powdered sugar, drywall dust, cornstarch, and many cosmetics, do not contain protein. QuikTest™ also includes a pH test that provides additional information about the sample, as harmful pathogens and toxins tend to be pH neutral.

Method

The protocol is fast and easy to perform. Samples of the suspicious powder are collected using two chemically treated swabs—one for a protein test and one to measure pH levels—and placed within color-coded test tubes. Each test produces a color change in the solution within five minutes if protein is present or if the sample is acidic or basic.

Reading QuikTest Bioscreen Results

Interpreting test results is simple. Within five minutes, one of three results will display, enabling first responders to determine whether a substance represents a potential threat that requires further laboratory testing.

Protein Test	pH Test	Conclusion
Purple: Protein present	Pale yellow: pH neutral Red: Acidic Blue: Basic	Further testing is required.
No change in color and positive control is purple (test valid)	Pale yellow: pH neutral	Biological threat unlikely.
No change in color and positive control is purple (test valid)	Red: Acidic Blue: Basic	Biological threat very unlikely.