Category: Microbiology

Microbiology

Large-Scale Study Details Devastating Patient Harms Associated with Blood Culture Contamination

Magnolia Medical Technologies shared a study detailing the clinical and financial impacts of blood culture contamination on patient safety.

Microbiology

Thermo Fisher Unveils Multilayered Approach to Proteomics Workflows

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced innovative proteomics solutions and several co-marketing agreements to advance the quality of proteomics workflows.

Microbiology

Hardy Diagnostics Releases Group A Strep Agar

Hardy Diagnostics has released its latest chromogenic media, HardyCHROM Group A Strep agar, for selective cultivation of clinical specimens.

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

Santa Fe BioLabs Granted Patent for Identification System of Viable Candida auris

AuriFind provides a simple growth test on agar medium to determine if a suspected microbial clone is Candida auris or not.