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BioFire’s New Multiplex PCR Testing Solution for Joint Infections
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The BioFire Joint Infection Panel features a panel of 31 causative pathogens & 8 antimicrobial resistance markers most likely to cause joint infections.
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Matchup: The Stool Bench vs. the BioFire GI Panel
Stool culture is the standard for gastroenteritis testing, however, stool culture has several shortcomings, especially when compared to the BioFire GI Panel.
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Tactics to De-escalate Transmission of COVID-19 in Healthcare Facilities
Like other commonly identified HAIs, the nosocomial transmission of the COVID-19 virus poses an immediate threat to patient health & safety.
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How Investing in the BioFire® FilmArray® System Leads to Cost Savings Benefits
The BioFire FilmArray System requires a higher initial investment than standard-of-care testing methods—but the cost savings benefits of syndromic infectious disease diagnostics are substantial in the long run.
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7 Ways to Protect Against Respiratory Season
The news media calls it flu season. But healthcare providers know it’s much more than that—it’s respiratory season, the time of year when several cold and influenza viruses circulate widely, filling doctors’ offices, urgent care clinics, and emergency rooms with miserable patients. And this year, COVID-19 is expected to greatly compound the misery for everyone.
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The History of Coronaviruses and Humanity
What we don't know about COVID-19 still outweighs what we do know, however, COVID-19 isn't the first coronavirus to infect humans. Learn more about coronaviruses.
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Epidemiology: Tracking and Mitigating Disease
Epidemiologists have found themselves in the spotlight of the global COVID-19 pandemic as they race to trace and understand the novel virus.
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Bloodstream infections: The impact of syndromic testing on patient care and antimicrobial stewardship
Systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of molecular rapid diagnostic tests and the role syndromic panels can play in antimicrobial stewardship.
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PCR: The Foundation of Syndromic Testing
Polymerase chain reaction technology is at the heart of our mission here at BioFire: to provide syndromic infectious disease diagnostic solutions that help make the world a healthier place.
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Syndromic Infectious Disease Testing: The New Paradigm
The BioFire® FilmArray® System tests for multiple pathogens with just one syndromic test. It empowers clinical and laboratory staff to get the answers they need in a clinically actionable time frame—typically in about an hour.
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
Over time Superbugs have developed a resistance to the antibiotics designed to fight them. Learn about 10 of these bad bugs & how we're combating them.
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Detect and Serve: How Respiratory Syndromic Testing Impacted an ID Physician
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Javeed Siddiqui, explains the difference the BioFire RP2 Panel has made to his practice.
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Pneumonia Meets its Match with Molecular Testing from BioFire
Traditional testing methods often fail to determine the cause of pneumonia. The BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia (PN) Panel was made to meet this diagnostic challenge.