What is Endotoxin and the industry standard?
Endotoxin is a complex lipopolysaccharide (LPS) found in the outer cell membrane of gram-negative bacteria, typically water borne. Bacteria shed endotoxin in large amounts upon cell death and when they are actively growing and dividing. Endotoxin is measured in Endotoxin Units per milliliter (EU/mL). One EU/mL equals approximately 0.1 to 0.2 ng/mL. Endotoxin is directly related to the quality of collection and processing of serum, the more endotoxin, the more exposure to gram-negative bacteria.
