Hygiena - Rapid Hygiene Monitoring and Food Safety Solutions

Hygiena manufactures and supplies rapid hygiene test platform solutions to the food, clinical and other manufacturing industries. Committed to the mission of providing customers with accurate, dependable and affordable testing systems, Hygiena offers the key to diverse and expanding quality control requirements.

The company is headquartered in Camarillo, California, servicing North American and Latin American markets. Hygiena International, with offices in the United Kingdom, services Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Asia.

Hygiena was formerly a division of Medical Packaging Corporation (MPC), an FDA and USDA licensed medical device manufacturer with 30 years' recognized leadership in its field. Incorporated as an independent entity in 2001, Hygiena has quickly become a leader in rapid ATP hygiene monitoring. Hygiena continues to partner with MPC to create innovative product solutions.

Hygiena supplies rapid solutions for food safety. Novel solid-state technology enables us to provide sensitive, reproducible detection systems at lowest cost. The technology is suitable for a wide range of uses and applications, including manufacturing and service industries such as food service, cosmetic and healthcare, water supply and environmental management.

ATP BIOLUMINESCENCE

ATP bioluminescence provides an instant indication of the hygiene status of product contact surfaces. Product residues particularly foodstuffs contain huge amounts of ATP as well as microbial contamination which also contains smaller amounts of ATP. After cleaning, all sources of ATP should be significantly reduced.

The detection of ATP therefore provides a direct, relevant and reliable indicator of cleaning efficiency and hygienic status, ensuring food safety, improving product quality and reducing costs

PALM-SIZE RAPID ATP BIOLUMINESCENCE HYGIENE MONITORING

systemSURE II is the smallest and lightest portable ATP luminometer. This standalone system is also fully PC-compatible with data analysis software. The self-calibrating instrument reduces the need for expensive annual servicing and the state-of-the-art technology delivers unbeatable performance for sensitivity, precision and reproducibility when used in conjunction with the Ultrasnap swab. systemSURE II is the most affordable ATP luminometer hygiene monitoring system available at less than €800.

SNAPSHOT - UNIVERSAL LOW-COST ATP BIOLUMINESCENCE SWAB

Snapshot is an integrated device for rapid hygiene monitoring by ATP bioluminescence. The novel snap-valve sampling device contains a unique liquid stable enzyme reagent.

The Snapshot is a low-cost universal ATP test and fits most luminometers for hygiene monitoring. Snapshot is an all-in-one, ready-to-use swab. Its unique liquid-stable reagent has unbeatable performance, including precision and reproducibility. It can be used for solid surfaces and rinse water samples. It is robust and has a 12-month shelf life. Snapshot will reduce consumable costs by around 30% to 50%.

COLOUR HYGIENE MONITORING

Hygiena's patented colour chemistry is used to produce a rapid hygiene test that does not require an instrument. The test is easy-to-use and suitable for both large and small manufacturers, and testing in remote locations. The single colour change from colourless to green is visible to the naked eye. It is easy to detect and interpret, such that results are available in 60 seconds. Two colour hygiene-monitoring systems are available, SpotCheck and SpotCheckPlus.

60 SECOND RAPID COLOUR TEST FOR HYGIENE MONITORING

SpotCheck and SpotCheck Plus measure the cleanliness of product contact surfaces using a simple swab, snap, squeeze process. Simple sugars in food residues are detected and generate a single, visible colour in 60 seconds. The more intense the colour - the more contaminated the sample. If it's green, it's not clean! The ready-to-use swab is self-contained, disposable, robust and has a 12-month shelf life.

SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PREPARATION DEVICES

Qswab and QD Loop are all-in-one sample collection and preparation devices for traditional microbiological methods. They are ready-to-use, sterile disposable devices that provide simple, convenient, labour-saving solutions for the busy laboratory.

Available with a variety of different media, they can be used with agar plate methods or dehydrated dried gel plating systems such as Petrifilm and RidaCount.