Improve operational costs and deliver accuracy

Through standardized and accurate inoculation and streaking

With the BD Kiestra™ InoqulA rolling bead technology, generate more discrete colonies compared to loop-based streaking and reduce manual streaking variability.¹ Depending on the streak pattern, you can reduce the need for subcultures by up to 73%¹, which may shorten time to pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing by up to one working day!¹

Use the calculator below to determine the impact of reducing subcultures on your lab's operations.

First, calculate your lab’s current performance

How many microbiology samples does your lab process?

Per Day Per Month Per year

samples processed

How many samples require sub-culturing?

Percent of samples that have growth:

Out of the total samples processed

Percent of samples that require sub-culturing:

Out of only the samples that have growth

How much does each sub-culture cost?

The consumable cost per sub-culture³:

The labor cost per sub-culture³:

Your current performance:

sub-cultures processed per year

spent on sub-cultures yearly

Next, find your potential savings with automated & standardized inoculation methods

BD Kiestra InoqulA™ improves standardization of sample processing compared to loop based methods.^1,2 Check below to see what an improvement in the reduction of sub-culturing can mean for your lab:

25% 50% 75%

Your potential annual savings:

Yearly data is approximate.

Amount Saved:

Get your detailed analysis

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