Category: Microbiology

Microbiology

BD & Magnolia Medical Collab to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination

BD and Magnolia Medical Technologies aim to help hospitals reduce blood culture contamination and improve testing accuracy.

Microbiology

New Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System Delivers Results in 6 Hours

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Q-linea have launched the ASTar System—a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing system that delivers results in 6 hours.

Microbiology

BD Uses AI To Transform Microbiology Urine Testing

BD has announced the US launch of a urine culture application for use with the BD Kiestra lab automation incubation and imaging system.

Microbiology Instruments

T2 Biosystems Receives Multiyear Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient

The contract covers the T2Dx instrument as well as the T2Bacteria and T2Candida panels, which detect sepsis-causing bacterial and fungal pathogens directly from whole blood.

Microbiology Reagents & Test Kits

Agilent Releases SureSelect XT HS2 RNA Reagent Kit

The SureSelect XT HS2 RNA Reagent Kit features a modular design for a simple and parallel approach for both RNA and DNA samples with clinical NGS.

Microbiology Tools

Magnolia Medical Launches Steripath Gen2 Best Practice Blood Culture Kit

The kit combines the Steripath Gen2 initial specimen diversion device with additional supplies required for the collection of blood culture samples that are virtually free of contamination.

Culture Media

Speeding Diagnosis in Sepsis Care

Rapid molecular diagnostics contribute to improved patient outcomes.