HYCON® Contact Slides for microbial monitoring of flat and curved surfaces are designed as standardised agar media in a flexible foil. Their unique design makes them universal tools for easy microbial monitoring of flat and curved surfaces. The choice of formulations includes total count media as well as selective media for yeasts and moulds, and for coliform organisms. Each contact slide is welded shrink-wrapped into a resealable sleeve to enable individual strips to be safely sterilised a number of times by peroxide gassing.

• Individually sealed, H₂O₂-impermeable primary packaging
• Resealable sleeve ensures sterility and enables safe handling and transportation
• Produced in clean rooms, rigorously quality controlled, including 100% visual inspection of each contact slide
• Growth promotion, packaging and storage extensively validated
• Standardised contact area meets international guidelines (25 cm²)
• Can be used for flat, curved or irregular surfaces