Complete In-House Culture & Sensitivity
Take control of your own C&S lab and enjoy quick, accurate and cost effective results.
No other company produces a similar system that meets reference lab standards with ease of use:
1. Get fast preliminary results with our MultiChrome and DermatoChrome Plates
2. Narrow your results and perform multiple tests at once with our Sensitivty Sensi-Rings
3. Confer results easily and clearly with our patient info forms
-- Do it all in our patented Mini-Incubator and SAVE TIME
Save Time. Save Money.
Results in 24 hours!
Need a rush on a C&S test? Run both the MultiChrome and the Sensi-Ring concurrently and obtain both results in 24 hours! Inoculate a MultiChrome Bi-Plate to determine the type of bacteria, then inoculate a Mueller Hinton plate with your sample and lay in a Sensi-Ring for sensitivity. Your results for both will process at the same time. A reference lab would charge a premium for a rush sample!
Getting started and looking to save?
Check out our low-cost Starter Kit to evaluate our C&S Product Line
Questions? Be sure to scroll down for Videos and Documents in our Product Resource Section.
How Does the Kacey C&S System Work?
MultiChrome Culture Bi-plates
MultiChrome™ isolates Gram Positive and Gram Negative organisms
Designed to ignite individual, distinct colors within the bacteria allowing in-house detection and identification of pathogens at a fraction of the cost of an outside lab! Each plate is individually packaged in sterile wrapper with 12 months expiration from date of purchase.
Each plate is labeled with two halves: GN (Gram Negative) and GP (Gram Positive) to provide a clear and simple testing procedure.
Why test only for UTI with recycled, old human technology when you can test for 9 areas of the body affected by pathogenic bacteria!?
Item #20203
Please Note:
It is best to dilute urine to a 1:1 ratio when performing bacteria tests.
MultiChrome™ can test for:
- Outer Ear Infections
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Conjunctival Infections
- Genital Infections
- Wound abscess/Skin
- Upper Respiratory Infections
- Skin Infections
- Mastitis
- Septicemia
- MRSP
Actual images from MultiChrome Bi-plates
GP Staph & Strep (left) and GP Staph (right)
GP Staph & Strep (left) and GP Staph (right)
GP Staph & Strep (left) and GP Staph (right)
GP Strep (left) and GN Ecoli (right)
GP Staph & Strep (left) and GP Staph (right)
GP Staph & Strep (left) and GP Staph (right)
Sensi-Ring Sensitivity Rings
Test for a variety of sensitivities in-house — All in just 48 hours!
When used with the "MultiChrome" chromogenic culture plates you have a powerful in-house diagnostic system that allows you not only to identify and test for sensitivity but also to determine sub strains of bacteria that may be difficult to treat. When combined with the MultiChrome culture plates our unique Kacey Micro Incubator, you can test and identify in just 48 hours.
In addition, Sensi-Ring Skin/Wound also detects MRSP, the latest methicillin resistant bacteria. Instructions for detection of MRSP in each package. SensiRings have 12 month expiration from date of purchase.
Sensi-Ring™ is a convenient easy to use, multiple tipped device which permits 8 single antibiotic discs to be applied to an inoculated plate in one rapid, easy movement!
All Sensi-Rings include 10 Rings per item number:
Ear Sensi-Ring item #20223
UTI Sensi-Ring item #20224
Skin/Wound Sensi-Ring item #20226
Gram Positive Sensi-Ring item #20222
Gram Negative Sensi-Ring item #20221
Feline Sensi-Ring item #20227
Equine Sensi-Ring item #20219
Mueller-Hinton Sensitivity Plates
Mueller-Hinton Bacterial Growth Agar Plates
Kacey Mueller-Hinton plates are designed to provide a rich growth media for cultured bacteria. Individually packaged, these come with 7 months expiration from date of purchase.
Pair these true 100mm plates with our Sensitivity Rings for fast results!
Pictured above with our Sensi-Ring, these true 100mm dishes give each antibiotic disk ample room to either inhibit or allow bacteria to grow.
Item #20234
10 plates per pack
Culture and Sensitivity Turbidity Supplies
Kacey C & S Turbidity Solution Tubes
Turbidity Working Solution Tubes are the individual tubes used to prepare the sample for inoculation of the Mueller-Hinton Plates. By diluting the culture sample to the correct turbidity, overgrowth of bacteria during the sensitivity test is reduced allowing for better identification of the best antibiotic(s).
This kit contains 20 red top Working Solution Tubes (one per test), one white top reference standard to match turbidity and one 10ml bottle of sterile saline to dilute sample if necessary. 12 month expiration from date of purchase.
Item #20235
20 Tubes per Box
Culture and Sensitivity Starter Kit
Kacey C&S Starter Kit
Kacey C&S Starter Kit is the perfect way to get your in house microbiology lab started. It contains all the supplies to perform four complete C&S tests. This kit has 7 months from date of expiration.
Are you a first-time buyer? Compare this kit with its individually priced contents and you can save over $800!
Kacey C&S 4-test starter kit includes:
(4) MultiChrome Bi-Plates
(4) 100mm Mueller Hinton-Plates
(1) Gram Positive Sensi-Ring
(1) Gram Negative Sensi-Ring
(1) UTI SensiRing
(1) Ear SensiRing
BONUS! Starter kit ALSO includes:
(1) Skin/Wound Sensi-Ring
(4) Sterile Swabs
(4) Sterile Loops
(1) MultiChrome Color Chart
(1) Sensi-Ring Overlay Reader
(4) Red Top Working Solution Tubes
(1) White Top Turbidity Standard (KTS)
(1) White Top 10ml Dilution Solution
(1) Quick Ref Procedure Card
(1) Instruction Manual
Item #20241
Add this item number to your order and you can start doing comprehensive in-house C&S testing. All you need is an incubator—and we have that too!
Kacey Mini Incubator
Just Load, Press the Timer, and Walk Away!
The new Kacey® Ergonomic Mini Incubator is the perfect companion to the MultiChrome microbiology plates and the Sensi-Ring sensitivity tests. Our incubator has adjustable, controlled heat at 98°F (37°C), and a patented, unique use of 6 assignable individual timers: Each timer indicates "Green" during the 24-hour timing event and then turns to "Red" with audible sound when ready to read.
No more guessing. Just Load…Press Timer...and Walk Away!
Features:
- Small footprint
- Precise temperature control
- Digital read out
- 10 Min Pre-Heat for warming plates
- Six individual timers
- Audible/Visible alerts
- Energy efficient, UL listed
- Made for MultiChrome™ culture plates and petri dishes but works with all kinds!
Item #20211
DermatoChrome Bi-Plates
Simple and Unique Color Analysis of Common Infections
Uninoculated Plates, ESA (left) and DTM (right)
These dermatophyte bi-plate culture systems are designed to provide a simple and unique color specific analysis of the most commonly found pathogenic fungus infections that are seen in Veterinary medicine using a DTM and ESA agar.
Compete In-House results in just 72 hours at room temperature. Kacey dermatophyte bi-plates are shipped individually wrapped with a one year shelf life under refrigeration. They are available in convenient 10 packs.
Item #20210
Actual images of inoculated plates
Above photo: Trichophyton Rubrum (top) & Microsporim Canis (bottom)
Kacey DermatoChrome Plates can test for:
- Microsporim canis
- Microsporium gypeseum
- Trichophyton mentagrophytes
- Trichophyton tonsures
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Epidermophyton floccosum
- Trichophyton terrestre
Other Microbiology Supplies
MultiChrome Multipurpose Sterile Swabs
Kacey cotton swabs and Rayon tipped MultiChrome swabs do not absorb fluids or interfere chemically with the sample, thereby producing a better sample. Each is individually packaged and Gamma ray sterilized. Although designed exclusively for the MultiChrome system these swabs can be used for a variety of Veterinary applications.
Sold in 100-count packs with 14 months expiration from date of purchase.
MultiChrome 10ul Sterile Loops
These sterile loops are an important part of any microbiology system. These 10uL loops are recommended for urine cultures. Each is individually packaged and Gamma ray sterilized.
Sold in 100-count packs with 14 month expiration from date of purchase.
Quick Reference Guide
Included in C&S Starter Kit, but available separately upon request.
Patient Lab Report Forms (50)
Included with C&S Starter Kit, but available separately upon request.
Sensi-Ring Overlay Reader
Included with Sensi-Ring Purchase, but available separately upon request.
Culture and Sensitivity Made Easy!
1. Inoculate Culture Bi-Plate
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
3. Test for Sensitivity
2. Dilute The Cultured Bacteria
3. Test for Sensitivity