What does CAT mean in the medical device industry?

Generic name: Gram Positive Bacteria Identification Reagents (Catalase Test Reagent (CAT)

English name: Identify Reagents for Gram Positive Bacteria

To be used for the identification of aerobic and partially anaerobic Gram Positive Coccidia, some aerobic Gram Positive Coccidia requiring complex nutrients, and Lonobacterium monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes are characterized.

Principle of the test

Use of peroxidase produced by bacteria, the action of hydrogen peroxide to produce oxygen and the emergence of a large number of gas bubbles