The Hygiena™ BAX® System is an automated detection system that uses the power of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms and other microbes in raw ingredients, finished products and environmental samples.

The BAX® System X5 offers the same fast, accurate and easy-to-use pathogen detection solution that customers have come to expect from the BAX® System method, but in a smaller lightweight construction to provide greater testing flexibility

After a standard enrichment procedure, automated sample preparation in the Hygiena™ Thermal Block is complete in about 1 hour, and automated PCR processing is complete in the BAX® System X5 instrument in 3.5 hours.

BAX® System X5 instrument is simple to install and virtually maintenance-free, and handles up to 32 samples at a time to best fit smaller testing volume requirements and bench space limitations.