NEW Sterisil® R2A
with FASTRead™

The "gold standard" test just got FASTER.

A FREE Premium service exclusively for Sterisil® R2A customers

  • New FASTRead™ early notification feature alerts you if your samples exceed the water safety limit at 24 hours* 
  • Now you can head off the growth of harmful microbes before they continue to multiply.
  • FASTRead™ is included with every Sterisil® R2A Waterline test.
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*Tests are read at 24 hours after receipt by our labs. Not all test failures can be identified within 24 hours. Final test results available after 5-7 days on the Solmetex portal at My Solutions Center.

GET A HEAD START ON TREATING UNSAFE WATERLINES

How Does FASTRead™ Work?

Submit sample as usual

No extra effort!

Sample analyzed after 24 hours

If it’s likely to fail, we let you know

Receive notification

We email and call your designated contact

Get immediate live support

Our water specialists love to help :)

A Better Way To R2A! 

Choose From 2 Offers*

 Buy ONE Sterisil Straw 4-Pack (4 for the price of 3),
Get TWO Sterisil® R2A with FASTRead™ mail-in tests FREE.

Use Promo code: R2AGA25 to redeem promotion.

*Promotion ends 3/31/2025.

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Stay compliant, without the headache!
Get your lab tests automatically shipped to you.

Subscribe to a year of quarterly R2A tests
(4 kits x 4 vials each), and receive the 1st test FREE!

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* Both offers exclusive to practices in the state of Georgia only. Purchased products will be sent by your preferred dental supplier.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about FASTRead
1Q: How can you know after only 24 hours? Isn’t full incubation required to know the result?
When test samples are being cultured in the lab, our lab partner, Dentisafe, can detect “fast failures”, which means the sample quickly exceeds the microbial limit of 500 CFU/mL. This enables us to then provide immediate, early notification prior to completing the full incubation period. So if we know, we let you know, right away. You then receive an official test report after the full incubation period is complete for all samples submitted.
2Q: Why is knowing sooner important?
Knowing sooner that your water is unsafe and non-compliant enables faster action to remediate and restore safety, and to head off further growth of harmful microbes before they continue to multiply. With FASTRead, you now have a new weapon in the battle against biofilm.
3Q: Is it possible our results will change after 24 hours?
With an R2A test, the cell count can only increase over time. So a “false failure” is extremely unlikely if your sample has already passed the 500 CFU/mL level. If you don’t receive a FASTRead failure notification, we can’t yet know if your sample will pass or fail until the end of the incubation period. You’ll receive a final test report that reports your final results, but they won’t be different than a FASTRead result (a “fast failure”).
4Q: Why can’t you tell us we passed after 24 hours?
We don’t report a passing result until full incubation period has been completed, in order to be certain you aren’t receiving a “false passing” result. We can only know sooner if your sample has failed and exceeds the safety threshold of 500 CFU/mL before incubation is complete.
5Q: Is FASTRead a different test than other R2A tests?
FASTRead is just a reporting feature within the approved R2A test method.
6Q: If we already have a Sterisil R2A test kit will it get FASTRead notification?
Yes, all Sterisil R2A tests, even those purchased in the past, will be processed using the FASTRead notification feature. This is true even if the test envelope isn’t labeled “FASTRead”.
7Q: Does my process for R2A testing change with FASTRead?
No, you collect, ship and retrieve your results as usual.
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