Microbiology News : clinical, Feb 2021
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This week: Two lists on top performing rapid tests published by EU and independent researchers; Air sampler detects virus in study; high-throughput testing robot for SARS-CoV-2 developed by Ziath and new algorithim on smartphone app can detect very low viral loads on rapid antigen test. more...
Study Shows Air Sampler Detects SARS-CoV-2 in Aerosols
23 Feb 2021 | F&BCP
Smiths Detection has reported that its BioFlash® Biological Identifier can detect SARS-CoV-2 in the air following tests conducted by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). more...
NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published WHO "desirable" Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. more...
Transport Media Inactivates Virus & Keeps Stable for One year
23 Feb 2021 | C
RNAssist (Cambridge UK) and Rapid Labs Ltd (Colchester, UK) have launched the virusPHIX™ range of virus inactivating and RNA stabilising transport media, following successful SARS-CoV-2 inactivation testing carried out by Public Health England (PHE). more...
The LooK SPOT COVID-19 Antigen Test and AI algorithm enable fast results and real-time public data reporting. The kit also includes an antigen test reader and smartphone app, which can detect low-viral loads that might not be visible to the naked eye. more...
EU Member States Share Rapid Antigen Test Performance Data
22 Feb 2021 | C
The EU Health Security Committee has agreed on a common list of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, a selection of rapid antigen tests for which Member States will mutually recognise their results, and a common standardised set of data to be included in COVID-19 test result certificates. more...
Robotic System for Ultra-High Throughput SARS-CoV-2 Testing
18 Feb 2021 | C
Ziath and the Hubrecht Institute (Utrecht, Netherlands) have developed a pioneering automated test robot, called STRIP-1, which can process up to 20,000 samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in just 24 hours. more...
Sona’s rapid antigen test provides results in 15 minutes and is an immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative detection of the spike protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens from individuals who are suspected of COVID-19. more...
Slovenian Health Department Find UK Variant with New RT-PCR Test
15 Feb 2021 | C
The MDX rTest COVID-19 B.1.1.7 kit has been used by the Slovenian government to reveal the prevalence of B.1.1.7 variant in its population. The test does not rely on spike gene target failure and can detect variants with similar mutations. more...
CHROMagar™ have developed the first chromogenic screening medium designed for the detection, isolation and differentiation of Staphylococci and Enterococci resistant to Linezolid; an important antibiotic used against MRSA, VRS and VRE. more...
New Test Method & Buyer's Guide on Surface Testing for SARS-CoV-2
12 Feb 2021 | F&BCP
Buyers guide for SARS-CoV-2 surface testing kits highlighting the risk of infection from touching surfaces contaminated with the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. It provides a list of suppliers of surface testing kits allowing direct contact for quotes/info. more...
This week: New test method & buyer's guide for SARS-CoV-2 surface testing; viral load indicator can assist triaging, RT-PCR test from MultiplexDX proves its specificity for British variant during screening in Slovenia & Sonanano's rapid antigen test gets approval. more...
COVID-19 Viral Load Indicator Can Help Triage Patients
12 Feb 2021 | C
The newly launched AmpliteCt™ is a viral load indicator (VLI) that categorizes the concentration of viral genetic material in a patient specimen, leverages several key data points, including cycle threshold (Ct), to accurately stratify COVID-19 positive patients. more...
As COVID-19 causes disruption to supplies needed for STD/STI testing, BioMed Diagnostics announces an increase in the output of its InTray GC® and InPouch TV® for point-of-care Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing. more...
How Well Do You Really Know the Microbes You Are Working With?
09 Feb 2021 | F&BCP
NCIMB’s culture collection curator, Dr Samantha Law, has written a light-hearted guide to best practice in microorganism maintenance. It highlights basic steps you can take to make sure that you really know the strains you are working with. more...
The Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) IgM/IgG Rapid Test Kit from Bioperfectus is an in vitro lateral flow diagnostic test used for the detection of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) IgM and IgG antibodies. It is easy-to-use and provides results in 10-15 minutes. more...
Innova Medical Group says it will produce 50 million rapid antigen tests per day in the coming weeks. The company have also confirmed this antigen test is able to detect the new variants of SARS-CoV-2. more...
New Test for COVID-19 Variants Plus All-in-One Assay in Pipeline
05 Feb 2021 | C
The Novacyt Group has launched SNPsig® assays; a new range that enables the identification of the non-variant virus and the UK, South Africa or Brazil variants, as well as any variant carrying the N501Y mutation. more...
This week: Monitor pandemic in real-time with rapid antigen test & automated reader; Innova promise 50 Million variant-antigen detection tests per day; Rapid antibody test will detect IgG/IgM essential for prioritizing vaccination groups. more...
Premier Medical Corporation is the first company to secure a COVID-19 test manufacturing contract with the World Health Organization to supply low-to-medium income countries with rapid antigen tests. more...
The iPEAK® reader from IUL SA automatically reads, stores and sends real-time rapid antigen test results to healthcare centres monitoring the pandemic. Results ready in 15-minutes. more...
This week: New qPCR tests for UK and South Africa variants; Synthetic molecular standards for COVID-19 assay development; BinaxNOW detects most culture-positive specimens in CDC study. more...
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