Posts Tagged ‘Research and Development’
Cost Impacts of Pooled ESwab Culture Method in MRSA Screening: a Four-year Experience from Eastern Finland
Cost Impacts of Pooled ESwab Culture Method in MRSA Screening: a Four-year Experience from Eastern Finland
Read MoreA New Amies Medium +20% Glycerol Device for the Collection and Long Term Frozen Storage of Clinical Specimens for Bacteria Culture
A New Amies Medium +20% Glycerol Device for the Collection and Long Term Frozen Storage of Clinical Specimens for Bacteria Culture
Read MoreThe Postoperative Burden of Hospital Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection
The Postoperative Burden of Hospital Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection
Read MoreValidation of Copan New FecalSwab Device for the Preservation of Clinical Specimens for the Detection of Enteric Pathogens
Validation of Copan New FecalSwab Device for the Preservation of Clinical Specimens for the Detection of Enteric Pathogens
Read MorePerformance of Copan FecalSwab and ESwab™ for Culturing Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) from Clinical Specimens
INTRODUCTION: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) are an emerging cause of hospital-acquired infections. Improved isolation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) without loss of sensitivity and faster results turn-around-time (TAT) would significantly improve infection control of health care facilities. Copan is producing two liquid based microbiology (LBM) devices, the FecalSwab® (FS) (a tube with 2ml of modified Cary Blair…
Read MoreEvaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Respiratory Panel and the GenMark eSensor Respiratory Viral Panel on Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens
Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Respiratory Panel and the GenMark eSensor Respiratory Viral Panel on Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens
Read MoreEvaluation and Implementation of FilmArray Version 1.7 for Improved Detection of Adenovirus Respiratory Tract Infection
Evaluation and Implementation of FilmArray Version 1.7 for Improved Detection of Adenovirus Respiratory Tract Infection
Read MoreCopan Forensic Devices are Helping Resolve the Mysteries of Crime Scene Investigations
BACKGROUND: Properly collected, stored, preserved and analyzed forensic specimens are important for maintaining the integrity of nucleic acids for the detection of DNA evidence. Copan developed: 1) The forensic (4N6) 4N6FLOQSwabsTM (FS) that are facilitating forensic sample procurement; 2) The Nucleic Acid Optimizer (NAOTM), a semi-permeable basket used with the 4N6 FS for efficient sample…
Read MoreImproving Influenza Pre-analytic Collection Systems
Improving Influenza Pre-analytic Collection Systems
Read MoreCopan ESwab™, the first Liquid Based Microbiology device, preserves microbial viability up to 96/120 hours
ABSTRACT Although it is recommended that swabs specimens should be processed soon after collection, delays are occurring due to microbiology laboratory consolidation. Specimens transport to centralized laboratories results in long storage times, samples accumulation and increasing workload. Therefore the use of a preservation medium that supports microbial viability for prolonged storage time is necessary. ESwab™…
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