Cepheid Xpert® rapid tests – your complete Winter Care Bundle

Cepheid’s Winter Care Bundle – comprising of the Xpert® Flu, Xpert SA Nasal Complete, Xpert C. difficile and Xpert Norovirus rapid tests for the GeneXpert® System – is an essential tool kit in the battle against virulent infections.
 
 
GeneXpert family of instruments
GeneXpert family of instruments
Nov. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- Cepheid’s Winter Care Bundle – comprising of the Xpert® Flu, Xpert SA Nasal Complete, Xpert C. difficile and Xpert Norovirus rapid tests for the GeneXpert® System – is an essential tool kit in the battle against virulent infections, helping to reduce the potential for preventable ward closures and avert a winter care crisis. Molecular diagnostic testing with Cepheid’s GeneXpert System provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of these infections, minimising the impact on hospital resources by enabling immediate implementation of infection control procedures and initiation of appropriate treatment. This helps to prevent the spread of disease and improve patient management, as well as antibiotic and antiviral stewardships.

On-demand testing with Cepheid’s Winter Care Bundle of RT-PCR tests can help relieve the burden of C. difficile, S. aureus, Norovirus and influenza outbreaks. Xpert C. difficile is the only rapid test to identify toxin B, binary toxinand tcdC deletion in just 45 minutes and, in as little as 90 minutes,Xpert Norovirus can efficiently identify and differentiate between norovirus GI and GII. S. aureus and MRSA colonisation can also be detected in about an hour with Xpert SA Nasal Complete, helping to optimise pre-admission workflows and reduce post-operative infections. Xpert Flu, a simple, accessible molecular diagnostic test capable of providing on-demand results in just over an hour, completes the Winter Care Bundle, enabling real-time determination of Flu A and Flu B infection.

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About Cepheid

Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Cepheid  is a leading molecular diagnostics company that is dedicated to improving healthcare by developing, manufacturing, and marketing accurate yet easy-to-use molecular systems and tests. By automating highly complex and time consuming manual procedures, the company’s solutions deliver a better way for institutions of any size to perform sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Through its strong molecular biology capabilities, the company is focusing on those applications where accurate, rapid, and actionable test results are needed most, such as managing infectious diseases and cancer. For more information, visit http://www.cepheid.com (https://smtp.kdm-communications.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp...).
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