Rapid New Test for MRSA
By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 29 Dec 2004
A new microbiology test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) provides results in only five hours.Posted on 29 Dec 2004
A fast test means that carriers of the bacterium can be isolated quickly, thereby preventing the spread of infection. Rapid diagnosis also improves the efficacy of treatment. Called BacLite, this rapid MRSA test is designed to help the UK government reach its stated target of a 50% reduction in MRSA levels by 2008.
The test was developed by Acolyte Biomedica (Porton Down, UK) and is based on new rapid technologoy developed by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratories, an agency of the UK Ministry of Defense. BacLite MRSA is an instrument-based system for rapid and cost-effective screening of the most prevalent hospital-acquired infection. The test is to be distributed in the United Kingdom by Bio-Stat Ltd. (Stockport, UK).
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