Microbiology News: clinical, Jan 2015

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Microbiology News: clinical, Jan 2015

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Update on Antibiotic Sensitivity Webinars by CLSI and APHL

27 Jan 2015 | Clinical

Highlights for 2015 include introduction of the Carba NP test for carbapenemases and expanded recommendations for quality control testing. more...

FDA Clearance for Roche cobas® MRSA/SA

27 Jan 2015 | Clinical

cobas® MRSA/SA test detects MRSA and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus simulataneously directly from nasal specimens. more...

Priorclave Features Top Loading Autoclaves at Arab Health

26 Jan 2015 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Priorclave’s top loading laboratory autoclave range includes a compact 60 litre autoclave is specially for labs with limited space but want to autoclave taller items. more...

FDA Approval for Detection and Identification Assay for HIV, HCV and HBV in Blood

23 Jan 2015 | Clinical

The Roche cobas TaqScreen MPX Test, v2.0 offers enhanced sensitivity and workflow advantages being able to detect and identify HIV, HCV and HBV in donated blood and blood components, FDA approved. more...

Puritan Liquid Amies Compatible with Copan's WASP® Micro Lab Automation

20 Jan 2015 | ClinicalOther

A comparative study has demonstrated parity of diagnostic performance between Puritan’s Liquid Amies and Copan’s ESwab when used in the WASP, making Puritan a viable and cost-effective alternative. more...

Walk-away Colony Counts With Identification on Chromogenic Plates

19 Jan 2015 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Colony Counts and ID on Chromogenic media

Walk-away automated colony counting and identification on chromogenic media, accurate, objective and fully traceable results - stored data can be reviewed anywhere, anytime. more...

bioMérieux Distributes COPAN’s WASP® and WASPLab™ Automated Systems

09 Jan 2015 | ClinicalOther

COPAN's WASP® Walk-Away Specimen Processor and the WASPLab™ solutions automate microbiology laboratory tasks and provide digital imaging and analysis, now distributed by bioMérieux. more...

New NCIMB Video Demonstrates Ampoule Opening

07 Jan 2015 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

A new NCIMB video demonstrates how to open and use reference cultures supplied in glass ampoules. more...

FDA Clearance and CLIA Waiver for Strep A FIA

05 Jan 2015 | Clinical

Sofia Strep A+ Fluorescent Immunoassay (FIA) uses advanced immunofluorescence-based lateral-flow technology to detect Group A Streptococcal antigens from throat swabs. more...

COPAN Release a Series of Free Educational Videos

05 Jan 2015 | ClinicalOther

COPAN have launched the first in a series of free educational videos, as part of COPAN’s ongoing commitment to demonstrate best practices for specimen collection. See first video in the series featuring nasopharyngeal swab specimen collection. more...