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3M Release Rapid Detection Test
October 27, 2009 12:52 PM
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Amanda Koehler
3M, St. Paul, MN announced today the introduction of the 3M Rapid Detection RSV Test. R espiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infects the lungs and breathing passages and is a common cause of bronchitis and pneumonia in children under 1 year. The Rapid Detection
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Rapid Tests for H1N1
August 6, 2009 8:47 AM
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Amanda Koehler
Here's a great article from The New York Times featuring the lab and H1N1 testing. The story says rapid tests for H1N1 fail to properly detect infections more than half the time. Have you been finding this is true for your laboratory?
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New Accreditation Program for Labs in Africa
July 27, 2009 3:52 PM
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Caitlin Maloney
The first push for accreditation of Africa's medical laboratories was recently launched by government health officials from 13 African countries, starting a process the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. government believe will strengthen health
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New Lab Test Helps Predict Kidney Damage
July 27, 2009 3:22 PM
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Caitlin Maloney
A new laboratory test, urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL), will help predict if patients will develop acute kidney injury (AKI), a study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) reported. Another study in JASN also
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MRSA MRSA Me
July 23, 2009 8:53 PM
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Amanda Koehler
In his ASCLS session,“MRSA MRSA Me—Things Ain’t What They Used to Be!,” Richard B. (Tom) Thomson, Jr. PhD, D(ABMM), Evanston Hospital-Northshore University Health System, Chicago, encouraged attendees to define the MRSA problem in their facility. "In
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PERFAR and BD Make Progress in Africa
July 20, 2009 12:34 PM
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Caitlin Maloney
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PERFAR) and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) have made progress in improving laboratory conditions and skills of lab personnel battling against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Fighting TB
June 17, 2009 11:02 AM
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Kerri Penno
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), Franklin Lakes, NJ; and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), a Swiss foundation developing, evaluating and accelerating implementation of new diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases, today announced
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Preparing for a Bio-Katrina
May 26, 2009 12:03 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
In an interview with Federal News Radio in March, Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH, was asked what she would tell President Obama if she had the chance. Her reply: "There is a possibility, a real possibility, that there could be the equivalent of a bio-Katrina on
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Going Overboard With MRSA Screening?
May 19, 2009 8:48 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
Could it be hospitals aren't backing down from unreasonable and unsustainable infection control guidelines when aiming to prevent MRSA transmission in healthcare facilities? That's the question pondered by Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, professor of
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Don't Get Caught Dirty Handed: ASM's Clean Hands Campaign
May 19, 2009 8:21 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
We've heard a lot about washing hands lately, especially during the H1N1 outbreak. And when it comes to washing their hands, Americans say they are getting the message. However, their actions speak otherwise. So sayeth literature from ASM distributed
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Dispatches From The Reporter's Notebook: ASM's Exhibit Hall
May 19, 2009 8:05 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
During a busy day in the exhibit hall, ADVANCE asked some folks at ASM why they decided to come to the 109th General Meeting in Philadelphia: Leslie Lynch , Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ: "I like the see the up and coming methodology in the
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Technology Transfer
May 18, 2009 3:44 PM
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Kerri Penno
This afternoon, students and other ASM attendees were invited to a career options symposium, where three presenters offered information on three different microbiology career paths: technology transfer, clinical microbiology and microbiology in the military.
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Pathogen Immunity
May 18, 2009 3:35 PM
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Kerri Penno
One of today's ASM Award Lectures was the Maurice Hilleman Merck Award, presented to Stanley A. Plotkin, Sanofi Pasteur, Doylestown, PA. Maurice Hilleman is known for having developed more than 40 vaccines and is credited with having saved more lives
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Hive Health
May 18, 2009 2:13 PM
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Kerri Penno
In today's "Advances in New Pathogen Discovery" Colloquium at ASM, Joseph DeRisi, University of California, San Francisco, spoke about viral detection, specifically the ViroChip. In studies, the ViroChip has proven to perform with accuracy at least on
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Taste of Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 1:45 PM
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Kerri Penno
This year's American Society of Microbiology General Meeting is in Philadelphia, just a few miles away from the ADVANCE home base in King of Prussia, PA. The meeting kicked off yesterday with an opening session focusing on microbes and evolution. This
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