Homeland Security

BioCheck Powder Screening Test Kit profiled on evening news March 25, 2004.

20/20 GeneSystems has launched a product to help first responders screen suspicious powders for bioterrorism agents. The BioCheck™ Powder Screening Test Kit works by quickly identifying the presence or absence of a biomolecule found in all living materials and many toxins. It therefore provides a rapid screen for the possible presence of multiple bioterrorism agents such as anthrax and ricin toxin, while ruling out most of the ordinary substances that citizens have frequently feared to be possible weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Learn more about the BioCheck product and its advantages here. For security reasons, access to detailed information about the product is restricted; please contact us for details. The technology of the BioCheck Kit is protected by US Patent # 6,770,485 B2

The BioCheck™ Kit is now available from Alexeter Technologies

The protocol is fast and easy to perform: results are obtained in five minutes or less without instrumentation. A sample is first collected on two swabs then each swab is immersed in a solution that produces a color change only if the agent being tested for is present. The kit also contains a control that is used to confirm that a negative result is not due to a failure of the test. The product is now a primary screening test used by HAZMAT teams in the District of Columbia and has been incorporated into that department’s standard operating procedures (SOPs). Almost 200 other departments and agencies throughout the U.S. and overseas are now using the product. Please contact us to order or for more information.

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