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Wasplab Full Laboratory Automation for Microbiology with Efficiency, Quality, speed and Cost Savings Metrics

Unique Multicenter Study Shows Implementation of COPAN’s WASP® and WASPLab® in Various Microbiology Lab Settings is a Cost-Savings, Efficiency-Increasing Move

December 3, 2020

Regardless of their physical size, location or specimen load, Microbiology laboratories can significantly boost their efficiencies — and subsequently cut labor costs — by replacing manual processes with full automation, according to a new study released by the Journal of…

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COPAN Remembers Daniele Triva, Inventor of Flocked Swabs for Collection and Transfer of Biological Samples

October 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had quite the impact around the globe. As the pandemic began to unfold, COPAN’s invention of flocked swabs took center stage in the world. Flocked swabs are the gold standard tool for sample collection for testing…

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COPAN’s PhenoMATRIX® Fuses the Power of Artificial Intelligence and Culture for Highly Sensitive GBS Detection Using Breakthrough Reading Algorithm

October 28, 2020

Normally, the presence of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is nothing to worry about, but for pregnant women this Gram-positive bacterium can be deadly — if transferred to infants during labor. An accurate test is crucial since intrapartum antibiotics significantly reduce…

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COPAN Diagnostics Hits the 5 Million Mark on COVID-19 Sample Collection Transport Media Shipped From New Carlsbad Facility

COPAN Diagnostics Hits the 5 Million Mark on COVID-19 Sample Collection Transport Media Shipped From New Carlsbad Facility

October 22, 2020

The FDA-cleared transport systems are shipped to hospitals, reference labs, and other urgent point-of-care sites to collect specimens from patients being tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. COPAN’s UTM® remains the leader in the collection, transport, preservation and long-term freeze storage of clinical specimens containing viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2.

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COPAN Streamlines Production to Yield Maximum Output of Viral Transport Kits for Collection of Upper Respiratory Samples, Including COVID-19

February 28, 2020

Brescia, Italy February 28, 2020 – With the surging demand for sample collection kits for diagnosing COVID-19 and other upper respiratory tract pathogens, COPAN is concentrating its efforts on strategic items to maximize product output and supply during the ongoing…

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CDC Recommends Nasopharyngeal Swabs AND Oropharyngeal Swabs as Suitable for Upper Respiratory Tract Specimens for Investigations of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

January 31, 2020

On January 30th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) held its second meeting in Geneva of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). During the meeting the committee agreed that the outbreak constitutes a…

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Versatile Easy-To-Use FecalSwab® is an Excellent Alternative to Traditional Containers for Accurate and Timely Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens from Fecal or Rectal Specimens

December 17, 2019

Fecal specimens have been utilized in the microbiology laboratory for years in order to detect bacterial gastrointestinal (GI) pathogens by culture.  More recently, molecular assays have been developed to detect not only bacterial GI pathogens, but viral and parasitic causes…

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Norman Sharples Presenting PhenoMATRIX

COPAN Continues to Make Great Strides in Advancing Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Digital Plate Reading for Microbiology

October 22, 2019

COPAN continues to innovate and is leading the field of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and digital culture plate reading in clinical Microbiology. A groundbreaking study titled “Automated Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis using COLOREX Strep A CHROMagar and WASPLab™ Artificial Intelligence Chromogenic Detection Module Software” was recently published on the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). The study is the first-in-its class peer-reviewed publication on PhenoMATRIX™ used with COLOREX Strep A culture media for the automatic detection of Group A Strep (GAS).

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COPAN and Alverno Laboratories Partner to Successfully Validate PhenoMATRIX® for Detection of Group A Streptococcus Using CHROMagar’s COLOREX™ Media

June 14, 2019

COPAN and Alverno Laboratories Partner to Successfully Validate PhenoMATRIX™ for Detection of Group A Streptococcus Using CHROMagar’s COLOREX™ Media

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COPAN Announces FecalSwab® Stool Collection and Transport Device Certified Free of Nucleic Acids

March 28, 2019

COPAN Announces FecalSwab® Stool Collection and Transport Device Certified Free of Nucleic Acids

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