Microbiology News: clinical, Feb 2020

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Microbiology News: clinical, Feb 2020

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Vela Diagnostics SARS-CoV-2 Assay Available for Pre-Order

27 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Vela Diagnostics have announced that its ViroKey™ SA201 SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test is now available for pre-order as the NGS solutions provider applies for emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the US FDA. more...

Shenzen Bioeasy Receive CE-Marking for its Lateral-Flow Ag and Ab SARS-CoV-2 Test Kits

27 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Shenzen Bioeasy Biotechnology is the first company to attain CE-marking for its lateral flow immunoassay test kits. These are its 2019-nCoV IgG/IgM Rapid Detection Kit, 2019-nCoV Fluorescence Ag Rapid Test Kit and the 2019-nCoV Colloidal Gold Ag Rapid Test. more...

AOAC-RI Performance Tested Method^SM Certification Now Includes New EnSURE™ Touch System

25 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageClinical

Hygiena’s UltraSnap ATP Test received Performance Tested Method^SMcertification from the AOAC-RI on the new EnSURE^™ Touch luminometer, demonstrating the system's sensitivity, reliability and robust operation. more...

First CE-Mark on SARS-2-CoV Assay Goes to Primerdesign

25 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Primerdesign is the first medical diagnostics company to receive CE-marking for its Covid-19 diagnostic assay. The genesig® Covid-19 Real-Time PCR Assay has 100% homology with all 87 whole-genome sequences available on the public GISAID Epiflu database. more...

Liferiver Biotech Works 24/7 Shifts to Meet Covid-19 Diagnostic Kit Demand

25 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Liferiver Biotech have announced massive demand on its 2-hour SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test. LifeRivers partners Bio Molecular Systems have prioritized its production to meet the demand for its compatible MIC qPCR instrument. more...

WHO Invites SARS-2-CoV Test Developers to Participate in Evaluation Study

24 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Expression of Interest: Test Developers to Participate in FIND-WHO initiative to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostics. more...

Ares Genetics AMR Database Supports New NGS-Based AST

20 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Ares Genetics has launched an early access version of ARESupa Universal Pathegenome Assay; an AI-powered AST with a reference database containing whole-genome information on 40,000 clinical isolates. more...

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18 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal CareMicrobiome

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Thermo Fisher Partner up to Develop Nanotech Clinical Assays

17 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Thermo Fisher Scientific has begun a collaboration with NanoPin, a developer in advanced blood-based infectious disease detection platforms. Using Thermo Fisher's LCMS technology, they will develop sensitive clinical assays for infectious diseases. more...

CDC Covid-19 Diagnostic Kits Can't be Validated say Public Health Labs

17 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Public health laboratories are sending back CDC 2019-nCoV diagnostic kits due to inconclusive results during validation. CDC state the reagents are being reformulated but have yet to announce the date of their release. more...

Touch Screen Repeating Pipette Can Sequentially Dispense Different Volumes

17 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

In addition to standard pipetting, dispensing, auto dispensing and a proprietary “learn” function, advanced modes include sequential dispensing of different volumes, multi-aspiration of different volumes and a titration mode. more...

No Interference from Positive Control at Low-Copy Number with PCRmax™ Covid-19 qPCR Kit

14 Feb 2020 | Clinical

PCRmax releases their Covid-19 qPCR Kit, a diagnostic kit that has 100% homology with 95% of the sequences published on the GISAID as of the 23rd of January. The target gene is RdRP, the same target used for SARS and related viruses but without any cross-reactivity shown. more...

Best Practices for Sample Collection for Respiratory Specimens, Inc. Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)

12 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Best way to collect specimen for corona virus

A successful diagnostic test begins at sample collection because improper sampling can result in an inadequate specimen, rendering a diagnostic test inconclusive or incorrect. more...

Live & Inactivated Coronaviruses for Assay Development

12 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Microbiologics is your trusted partner in biomaterials for research of the 2019n-CoV. We offer live & inactivated 229E and OC43 coronaviruses (which contain the entire RNA virus genome) and subgenomic DNA clones of the HKU and NL66 coronaviruses. more...

Which Swabs to Use for Coronavirus Testing

12 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Based on CDC guidelines for clinical specimens, swabs with synthetic fibers and plastic shafts, like Puritan flock swabs, should be used for nasopharyngeal collections when 2019-nCoV is suspected. It’s important not to use calcium alginate swabs or those with wooden shafts. more...

Not Just Any Sponge on a Stick!

11 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

TSC new and improved Envirostik is perfect for sampling larger surfaces in a wide and varied range of environments including food production areas, clinical and veterinary infection control and pharmaceutical and cosmetics facilities. more...

Public Health England 2019-nCoV Diagnostic Test Now Used to Support WHO

11 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Public Health England has increased its 2019-nCoV testing capacity to 1000 samples today using their in-house designed diagnostic kit. They have now also agreed with the WHO to take in samples from countries who do not have the resources. more...

HHS Opens up Funding Agency for 2019-nCoV Diagnostic Kits

11 Feb 2020 | Clinical

The US Department of Human Health and Services are now accepting abstract submissions for 2019-nCoV diagnostics development funding. The technology must already be approved by the FDA and meet the criteria for EUA within 12 weeks of receiving the award. more...

New Panther Scalable Solutions Help Labs to Meet Changing Molecular Testing Needs

11 Feb 2020 | Clinical

A fully automated, sample-to-result platform for molecular diagnostics, now with new options for scalability, the Panther portfolio lets labs increase testing capacity without additional staff. more...

New POC Breath Test for Virulent Lung Infections Receives Funding

10 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Based on the presence of the urease enzyme found in certain bacterial species that cause pneumonia, such as S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, Klebsiella and H. influenzae. Live urease-containing bacteria can be detected using inhaled ¹³C-urea which is converted by these bacteria to labelled carbon dioxide more...

Future Textbook on Coronavirus Prevention gets Fast-Track Treatment

10 Feb 2020 | Clinical

A study on coronavirus prevention has been published ahead of time to stem the 2019-nCoV epidemic. Professors of Hygiene and Virology, based in Germany, have collaborated in the study and have found prevention strategies to be efficient against the coronaviruses and applies to 2019-nCoV. more...

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Primerdesign: The First European Team to Deliver to the World a 2019-nCoV Diagnostic Kit

10 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Adam Herridge, Product Manager at Primerdesign, talks to rapidmicrobiology.com about the genesig 2019-nCoV qPCR Kit, the first diagnostics kit to be made in Europe with 100% specificity, and relays to us his concerns over his competitor's products. more...

Shift to Paradigm™ Low-Retention Tips

07 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal CareMicrobiome

Paradigm™ low-retention range of non-filter reload, and filter tips featuring Aerogard® technology, truly epitomises the perfect pipetting experience. Universal design means the tips are compatible with a variety of popular pipette brands and models, including the alpha+ range of pipettes. more...

MoBiTec Now Offers Novel Coronavirus Real Time Multiplex RT-PCR Kit (Detection for 3 Genes)

06 Feb 2020 | Clinical

In addition to Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Kit, MoBiTec Now Offers Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Multiplex RT-PCR Kit (Detection for 3 Genes) more...

Shipping of CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diagnostic Test Kits Begins

06 Feb 2020 | Clinical

The CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel authorised for Emergency Use Only has begun shipping to selected laboratories more...

First 2019-nCoVqPCR Kit Commercially Available

05 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Genetic PCR Solutions™ real time PCR (qPCR) has been adapted to our innovative MONODOSE format, single PCR reactions tubes which contain all reagents (dehydrated) to which only sample need to be added. more...

Investigate Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) per CDC Guidelines with COPAN's FLOQSwab™ Kit

04 Feb 2020 | Clinical

CDC has released Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from PUIs for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). COPAN’s Kit of 3mL UTM® & 2 FLOQSwabs™ can be used to investigate novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as per CDC guidelines. more...

Find the Right Autoclave For Your Lab on New Priorclave Website

04 Feb 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Find the right autoclave for your lab using the new Priorclave website - choose from benchtop, compact, top loading, front loading, pass-through, powerdoor and stackable designs. more...

BGI Develops Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kit for Detecting the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

04 Feb 2020 | Clinical

BGI has successfully developed a Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kit for detecting 2019-nCoV, which can issue results in a few hours. The kits have already been issued to many hospitals and disease control centers. more...

Veredus' Lab-on-Chip Coronavirus Identifier Now Available

03 Feb 2020 | Clinical

Veredus Laboratories have developed a Lab-on-Chip diagnostic tool for the detection and differentiation of 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. The PCR and microarray technology can give results in 2 hours and is designed to be able to detect mutated versions of each of the viruses. more...

Fijifilm Pyrostar testing critical water used in the reprocessing of medical devices

SGL Plates and Culture Media for Pharmaceutical Microbiology

QC Standards Controls and Proficiency Testing Schemes

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