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Can CAP Proficiency Testing (PT) Samples be Adequately Processed with Laboratory Automation? A Proof of Concept Study…
As part of the study, remnant CAP PT samples were tested to determine a procedure for processing the unknowns on the WASP®DT. The unknown samples were processed manually following the instructions provided by CAP. The results were used as a control to compare four different methods for processing the unknown samples on the WASP®DT.
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Hologic’s Panther Fusion MRSA Assay Lists ESwab™ as Approved Sample Collection Device
Hologic’s Panther Fusion MRSA Assay Lists ESwab™ as Approved Sample Collection Device
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FDA Cleared UriSponge™ for More Convenient Urine Collection, Preservation, and Transport
FDA Cleared UriSponge™ for More Convenient Urine Collection, Preservation, and Transport
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Preparing for the 2018 – 2019 Influenza Season
Preparing for the 2018 – 2019 Influenza Season
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Liquid Based Microbiology is the Key to Optimal Automation Utilization
Laboratories can optimize their automation utilization with COPAN LBM products
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Dr. Flora Returns to Demonstrate the PhenoMATRIX™ Software!
Dr. Flora Returns to Demonstrate the PhenoMATRIX™ Software
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Recent Study Shows WASPLab® and VITEK®MS Together to Facilitate Positive Blood Culture Identification in Approximately 4 Hours
Recent Study Shows WASPLab® and VITEK®MS Together to Facilitate Positive Blood Culture Identification in Approximately 4 Hours
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Orange You Glad WASPLab®’s PhenoMATRIX™ Can Detect and Interpret GAS Colonies on Novel CHROMagar’s Colorex Strep A Agar?
Orange You Glad WASPLab®’s PhenoMATRIX™ Can Detect and Interpret GAS Colonies on Novel CHROMagar’s Colorex Strep A Agar?
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COPAN FecalSwab for Infection Control Surveillance of ESBL, CRE and C. difficile
COPAN FecalSwab can be used for Infection Control Surveillance of ESBL, CRE and C. difficile
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Dr. Flora and Zip Journey Through PhenoMATRIX™
Automation comes alive in this exciting new video starring Zip and Dr. Flora, about COPAN’s PhenoMATRIX Algorithm Suite which automates reading of some traditional bacterial cultures.
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SCACM, Microbiology and Full Laboratory Automation- Do You Have the Answers You Need
COPAN will be hosting a workshop during the annual SCACM meeting and PhenoMATRIX™, can differentiate positive and negative urine cultures
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Candida auris, An Emerging Superbug Fungus Quickly on the Rise?
Candida auris is a new superbug fungus on the rise.
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Can Bacteria be Stored in Freezing Temperatures Using ESwab™?
ESwab with 20 Percent Glycerol tested well for the long term storage of frozen bacteria
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Does ESwab Work for Pathogenic Fungi?
While there is extensive information to support ESwab™’s excellent performance with aerobic, anaerobic and fastidious bacteria, for the first time a study aimed at researching the question about fungi was published by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
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Unique Anatomically Designed Flocked Swab Yields Superior Flu Diagnostics and Minimal Patient Discomfort
Unique Anatomically Designed Flocked Swab Yields Superior Flu Diagnostics and Minimal Patient Discomfort
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The Preanalytical Phase of Microbiology is Paving the Way to Improved Patient Care
Specimen collection and transport for laboratory testing are the initial steps in determining diagnosis and treatment.
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Dishing Up Food Safety for Thanksgiving: Keep the Meal Safe and Tasty
Food poisoning is probably the last thing on anyone’s mind as they tuck into some tasty turkey smothered in gravy and savory stuffing.
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Three Cheers for WASPLab®!
To celebrate the installation of the largest automation in Northern California, COPAN Diagnostics and the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) Golden Gate Chapter, co-sponsored an event last week.
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Endorsing ESwab
A decade after COPAN launched ESwab™ hundreds of labs and hospitals throughout the United States and Canada have switched over to COPAN’s liquid based system.
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The Spooky Truth About the Gut
It’s Halloween and while ghosts, ghouls and skeletons are on the mind, do you know what’s really spooky? That what lies in your gut may be a predicator of your health.
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A United Front and Optimistic Spirit is Helping Puerto Rico Heal After Hurricane Maria
With hashtags like #VamoArribaPR and #VamosPaArribaPorPuertoRico, residents of this island are announcing to the world that “Puerto Rico will rise above” the devastation brought upon their home by Hurricane Maria.
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GenLab de Peru Invites COPAN Diagnostics, Inc. To Participate in the II Series of International Microbiology Conferences in Lima, Peru
GenLab de Peru Invites COPAN Diagnostics, Inc. To Participate in the II Series of International Microbiology Conferences in Lima, Peru
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September Means Fall and Babies, Lots of Babies
Apparently, many Americans spend the holidays doing more than hanging up stockings and trimming the tree. September happens to wear the noteworthy title of “most popular birth month in the United States”. Count back nine months and … you get the point.
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Swabs Rule Over Stool: 99 Percent Versus 76 percent of Patients Could Provide Sample Using FecalSwab® in Study
A recent study published in “The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology” found that not only are COPAN’s rectal swabs a much more convenient tool for collecting pediatric fecal samples, but they actually increased the overall yield by 10 percent!
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