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title: "Introducing M.A.I.K"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:45:09+00:00"
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#  Introducing M.A.I.K

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 09 May 2022.

During the 5th CBRNE R&I Conerence in Lille we had the opportunity to meet some of the team from Dr.F.Kohler Chemie Pharmaceuticals who had on display a portable test kit for the detection of nerve agents.

Called M.A.I.K - the Mobile Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibitor Test-Kit - it consists of a field portable pouch, consisting of all the compnents needeed to conduct a rapid assesment of surface contmaination e.g. skin, for nerve agents and is based on a simple colour reaction.
![M.A.I.K compnoents](https://cbrneworld.com/images/News-Images/M.A.I.K-compnoents.jpg)
M.A.I.Kis a 4-step-measurement, which can be performed easily and quickly. The principle is based on assessing whether human acetylcholinesterase, which is a component of M.A.I.K, is either still active or inhibited after a surface has been sampled.

To find out more about M.A.I.K visit the company website [here](https://www.koehler-chemie.de/portfolio-fachkreise/maik/)

 [Chemical](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/chemical), [Decontamination](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/decontamination)

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