The BioFire® FilmArray® Panels utilize a syndromic approach—simultaneously testing for different pathogens that can cause similar symptoms—to deliver actionable results in about an hour. Create confidence in treatment plans for children and relieve anxious parents with faster answers from the BioFire® FilmArray® Respiratory (RP & RP2) Panels, the BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel, and the BioFire® FilmArray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel.
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“If a patient has a set of symptoms but does not have anything identified on the testing, we can potentially send them home from the emergency room or home from the hospital without any further testing and reassurance. If they have a positive test, that means we can get them on the right treatment as soon as possible. ”
-- Tufik Assad, MD, MSCI Critical Care Physician
“We were able to give them a very specific answer, what exactly was going on… So, they were much more comfortable with that decision and plan of going home, expecting it to last a few more weeks and what they can do at home to help support the child, without having that fear that something was being missed the whole time.”
-- Sameer Desai, MD Emergency Medicine Physician
“The patient results were reported while the patients were still in the emergency room. The little girl with Neisseria meningitidis was put on the right antibiotic right away. She was discharged three days later.”
-- Dave Myers, MT, SM(ASCP), MBA Laboratory Manager, Akron Children’s Hospital