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    <title>BD Diagnostics Commitment to Fully Integrated Microbiology Solution</title>
    <description>BD to sell and provide front-line technical support for the co-labeled BD Bruker MALDI Biotyper System, this updates agreement from 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:20:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>World&#39;s Largest Fully Automated BD Kiestra Microbiology Platform</title>
    <description>BD Kiestra Total Laboratory Automation automates manual processes of inoculating and incubating microbiology specimens, and uses digital imaging to shorten time to detect bacterial growth.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for BD Veritor System for Rapid Detection of Flu A+B</title>
    <description>Configured for testing liquid specimens obtained via nasopharyngeal wash, aspirate or swab in transport media. Provides reliable, objective results on a hand held reader with digital display.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Simplifed Active Surveillance Testing for MRSA</title>
    <description>The new BD MAX MRSA molecular test has received a Moderate Complexity rating under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA &#39;88).</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:37:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>BD FACSMicroCount System Product Video Now Available</title>
    <description>Confidence in microbial testing solutions that save you time. Time is money. BD FACSMicroCount System Product Video now available.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:32:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h51.php</link>
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    <title>BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F Blood Culture Plastic Bottles - FDA Cleared</title>
    <description>The BD BACTEC Blood Culture System is a fully-automated microbiology growth and detection system designed to detect microbial growth from blood specimens.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:37:16 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>BD MAX MRSA Assay Receives FDA Clearance</title>
    <description>The assay is performed on the fully-automated BD MAX System and is designed to rapidly and accurately identify patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h49.php</link>
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    <title>CE Mark for BD MAX Cdiff Test Expanding HAI Portfolio</title>
    <description>Run on the fully automated BD MAX System, the assay detects the toxin B gene ( tcdB) , which has been shown to be present in all toxigenic  C . difficile .</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h48.php</link>
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    <title>BD Diagnostics Offers Total Lab Automation Solutions</title>
    <description>Automation of manual and time-consuming tasks within the microbiology laboratory to increase productivity, while still relying on the microbiologists&#39; technical expertise to deliver high-quality results.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h47.php</link>
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    <title>BD Diagnostics Acquires KIESTRA Lab Automation</title>
    <description>KIESTRA solutions automate manual and time-consuming tasks within the microbiology laboratory to increase productivity.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h46.php</link>
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    <title>BD Veritor Ten Minute Flu A+B Receives 510(k) and CLIA Waiver</title>
    <description>Objective results on an easy to read digital display, unlike current CLIA-waived rapid influenza tests, which require a subjective visual test interpretation.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Aspergillus Assay for New BD MAX Molecular Testing System</title>
    <description>BD Diagnostics has announced a collaboration to develop a state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic assay to detect the life-threatening Aspergillus fungus using the fully automated BD MAX Molecular Testing System.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/t_n_1529.php</link>
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    <title>European Launch of BD MAX Open System for Molecular Testing</title>
    <description>The BD MAX Open System enables laboratories to automate both internally developed and BD-developed molecular assays.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 12:40:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h44.php</link>
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    <title>New BD FACSMicroCount Flow Cytometry System for Industrial Microbiology</title>
    <description>Designed specifically to help quality control laboratories rapidly screen raw materials, as well as in-process and finished goods, for the presence of microorganisms that can threaten product quality.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>BD and Bruker Collaborate to Improve Microbial ID and AST</title>
    <description>Identification will be performed with the Bruker MALDI Biotyper, a mass spectrometry-based proteomic “fingerprinting” system specifically configured for rapid identification of bacteria, yeast and fungi.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h42.php</link>
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    <title>BD MAX GBS Assay Receives CLIA &#39;Moderate Complexity&#39; Status</title>
    <description>A new provisional recommendation includes PCR from Lim broth as an option for antenatal screening. The BD MAX GBS Assay is the only fully automated PCR method with a Lim broth claim.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h41.php</link>
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    <title>BD Innova Preanalytical Automation System Improves Lab Efficiency</title>
    <description>A versatile, state-of-the-art, high-throughput specimen processor, helps address laboratories&#39; increasing needs for preanalytical specimen processing automation due to labor shortages or increasing test volumes.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:56:04 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Liquid Culture Technology Faster, More Accurate than Traditional TB Diagnostics</title>
    <description>Designed for labs with smaller volumes, the BD BACTEC MGIT 320 System is a fully automated system for mycobacterial liquid culture and susceptibility testing.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>First FDA-Cleared Assay on the BD MAX Detects GBS 	</title>
    <description>The BD MAX System is a next-generation automated workstation for molecular testing designed to streamline workflow and offer full walkaway automation.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>European Launch of the BD MAX System for Molecular Diagnostics</title>
    <description>BD Diagnostics have launched the BD MAX Automated Molecular Diagnostic System and the BD MAX GBS Assay into Europe, the first in a planned broad menu of infectious disease assays. 		 		</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h37.php</link>
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    <title>BD Innova Preanalytical Automation System</title>
    <description>BD Diagnostics have introduced the BD Innova Preanalytical Automated Microbiology Specimen Processor, which is designed to help increase laboratory efficiency and automate the modern microbiology laboratory.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>BD GeneOhm MRSA ACP Assay Gets FDA Clearance</title>
    <description>The BD GeneOhm MRSA ACP assay incorporates achromopeptidase (ACP) lysis , which results in fewer assay steps and less hands-on time .</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>BD ProbeTec Qx Amplified DNA Assays Now CE Marked</title>
    <description>BD ProbeTec Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Qx Amplified DNA Assay and the BD ProbeTec Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Qx Amplified DNA Assay for use on the BD Viper System with XTR Technology are now CE marked.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h34.php</link>
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    <title>New BD BACTEC FX Blood Culture System with the BD EpiCenter Operating System now Available Worldwide</title>
    <description>This new system improves clinical decision-making and laboratory workflow by markedly improving blood culturing practices with real-time, remotely accessible, actionable results that can enhance patient care.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:26:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h33.php</link>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for BD GeneOhm Cdiff Toxin B Assay</title>
    <description>The BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay provides a simple and rapid stool test with excellent sensitivity and specificity that allows same-day identification of toxigenic Clostridium difficile.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h32.php</link>
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    <title>BD GeneOhm MRSA Key Component of Comparative Innovation Program</title>
    <description>BD is one of six industry finalists to participate in its QUEST nationwide hospital collaborative, a three-year quality improvement project being implemented by 166 hospitals across 31 states.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h31.php</link>
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    <title>Health Canada Licenses BD GeneOhm Cdiff Toxin B Assay</title>
    <description>The test, performed directly from stool specimens, targets the toxin B gene found in toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains, including the BI/NAP1/027 epidemic strain associated with the major 2003 CDI outbreak.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h30.php</link>
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    <title>CE Marking for BD GeneOhm Cdiff Assay</title>
    <description>The BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay targets the toxin B gene, found in toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains. It combines high assay sensitivity with a rapid turnaround time of less than two hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h29.php</link>
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    <title>BD GeneOhm VanR PCR Test now CE Marked</title>
    <description>The BD GeneOhm VanR assay is a qualitative in vitro PCR test for the detection of vancomycin-resistant genes directly from perianal and rectal swabs.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:38 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/29h28.php</link>
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    <title>Universal Surveillance with MRSA Assay Significantly Reduces Infection Rates</title>
    <description>The study is the first and largest in the United States to show the impact of implementing a universal, active surveillance program coupled with a comprehensive infection prevention program to reduce MRSA infections.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:29:57 GMT</pubDate>
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