Hardy Diagnostics has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement for manual microbiology with Premier, Inc. The new agreement allows Premier members to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for microbiology products. "We are so excited and proud to be part of the Premier network and look forward to sharing our story and learning how we can best support Premier members. As a 100% employee owned company, all of us at Hardy look forward to sharing our Culture of Service in order to build lasting relationships built on trust, reliable product performance, and excellent technical and sales support," said Jay Hardy, Founder and CEO.

Within the Manual Microbiology Category, customers will have access to Hardy Diagnostics' wide array of selective and non-selective culture media plates, tubes, bottles and flasks, Gram stain kits and reagents, rapid tests, antimicrobial susceptibility tests, quality control organisms, and much more. All products offered by Hardy Diagnostics are aimed at providing clinical laboratories across the country with tools for the detection and diagnosis of disease.

A few of the highlighted products offered through this new partnership are the new CARBA 5 lateral flow assay for carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales confirmation and a full line of more than 20 chromogenic media solutions which allow microbiologists to know at-a-glance if one of many of the deadly pathogens are present.

Hardy Diagnostics’ plated culture media is dimensionally compatible with most automated microbiology sample processing systems such as WASP, WASPLab and BD Kiestra platforms. It is recommended to always inform the platform manufacturer of your intentions to run Hardy media through your installed system as select adjustments to both the mechanical and reading/interpretation software may be needed to assure reliable throughput and concluded results.