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The nucleic acid of Monkeypox infections can be detected via real-time PCR in the specimen of blood and throat swabs, papule or vesicle. For detailed information, user manual, product protocols, EU DoC, and CE approval letter, please visit the Monkeypox Virus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit product page at FireGene.com. ...
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This new agreement provides educational resources and programs to MHA members on best practices in blood culture collection and the role of clinically proven solutions, including Steripath, in virtually eliminating blood culture contamination at the source. ...
The six studies reported reductions in blood culture contamination ranging from 80% to 100% with sustained rates of less than 1% in each. ...
Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., inventors of Steripath®, the only FDA 510(k)-cleared device platform indicated to reduce blood culture contamination for sepsis testing,1 today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the addition of Patrick O’Malley as Chief Financial Officer. ...
During venipuncture, skin fragments containing viable microorganisms are often dislodged and collected with the blood specimen. These organisms contaminate the sample and cause the patient to receive a false-positive result. Decades of research shows that false-positive blood culture results routinely lead to unnecessary and prolonged use of ...
S. hospitals and healthcare systems are seeing significantly lower hemolysis rates in the blood specimens their staff are collecting with new technology designed for drawing blood with a single-use, sterile device that advances into the vein through a peripheral IV (PIV). The technology, PIVO (Velano Vascular, San Francisco, California), is a ...
This specification covers two dimensionally different (short and long) disposable glass micropipets used primarily to collect whole human blood specimens for clinical analysis and testing. Short and long pipets are available as coated with heparin (Type I) or uncoated (Type II).The pipets shall be fabricated from ...
Important Product Usage and Safety Information The ABBOTT PRISM Chagas assay is an in vitro chemiluminescent immunoassay (ChLIA) for the qualitative detection of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), the causative agent of Chagas disease, in human serum and plasma specimens. The ABBOTT PRISM Chagas assay is intended to screen individual human donors, including volunteer ...