Solus Sustainability Page
Introduction
Welcome to the Solus Sustainability Page. We understand the pressures that testing facilities face today on having a more sustainable laboratory. From reducing energy costs, plastic consumption and most importantly working efficiently. Throughout this page, we highlight differences to other methodologies out there and how the Solus Pathogen Detection System can help reach your corporate sustainability goal.
Manufacturers
When choosing a pathogen detection system, it’s important to understand the methodology's impact on the environment. We understand how price, time to result and reliability play a vital role when picking a methodology. That's why the Solus Pathogen Detection System has had extensive research into meeting these needs and providing a more sustainable alternative compared to certain methodologies. Solus can help reduce plastic waste, reduce energy costs and help improve efficiency within the laboratory.
Culture vs ELISA
Plastic Waste
Can you spot the difference? With Solus ELISA plates acting as a screen you can see the huge difference in plastic consumption. With one small micro well plate from Solus, 96 samples can be tested for food and environmental samples. If we compare this to culture methodology, 96 Petri dishes will be needed to confirm these results.
Product Life Cycle
From beginning to end, there is always a constant turnover of Petri dishes to facilitate cultural testing. With the alarming differences from the Solus ELISA plates to cultural Petri dish requirements. Forgetting that Petri dishes require a lot of energy consumption to manufacture, store and dispose of.
Reducing Agar Plates
The benefits of sample screening can reduce the use of Agar plates by 95%. Solus only requires an Agar plate to confirm presumptive positive samples. If your testing volume increases, the number of Agar plates will increase when using a cultural method. With Solus acting as a screen, the number of agar plates will still remain low.
ELISA vs Other Methodologies
PerkinElmer is proud to say that the Solus packaging and consumables are 100% recyclable. With an efficient sample process, laboratory technicians are free to do other necessary tasks. Not only does Solus Pathogen Detection System offer cost effective tools but a sustainable way of operation. With the assay kits being compact it means they can be easily stored and refrigerated efficiently. When we compare Solus Pathogen Detection System to other methods today, where packaging is very large, takes a lot of refrigerator space and require a lot of technician hands on time. We have found that Solus can really simplify the process from storing, sampling and disposing.