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Effective wound-bed preparation Correct wound bed preparation in chronic wounds accelerates healing and enhances the effectiveness of advanced wound care products. Katie Bennett – an NHS nurse with special interest...
Enable early detection of congenital CMV infection For over 40 years, DiaSorin Molecular has been developing, producing and commercialising diagnostic tests in a wide range of clinical areas including paediatrics, oncology, women’s...
Treat chronic wounds with a haemoglobin-based spray Mölnlycke’s Granulox, a topical haemoglobin-based spray for the treatment of chronic wounds, improves patient outcomes by oxygenating the base of their wounds and has been shown to...
Combat the spread of infectious disease The past few months has shown that a team’s rapid response to expediting an assay globally, dedicated to the detection of SARS-CoV-2, is possible. BioGX, in a long-term partnership...
Take microbiology labs to the next level in efficiency Automated sample handling and processing go a long way towards ensuring efficiency, traceability, optimal staff usage and more streamlined workflows. To automate their...
Save time and lives with improved diagnostics Q-linea develops and delivers solutions for the diagnosis of infectious diseases, with a keen focus on improving sepsis treatment while reducing antibiotic resistance. Christian...
Reduce antibiotic use with point-of-care testing Growing antibiotic resistance is an increasing menace for healthcare authorities worldwide, compromising their efforts to battle infections in the clinical space. Afinion CRP from...
Time matters for antimicrobial treatment Antimicrobial resistance is an ongoing threat to patients the longer they stay in hospital. Tiziana Di Martino, chief medical officer at Q-linea, explains how her company’s new...
The future of laboratory automation Quickly understanding a patient’s condition is crucial to keeping public health ticking over – but that can be tough without robust diagnostic tests. Nicolas Quoix, EU senior...
Automation at Wisplinghoff Laboratories Automation is transforming the way we do things, and that rings true for many of the everyday tasks that take place in laboratories. Wisplinghoff Laboratories in Cologne is well known...
Practical perspective on wound infection By carefully following the wound infection continuum and using appropriate products, HCPs can improve wound healing and prevent complications such as amputation. Kim Wilde,...
SEM an early indicator of pressure injuries Pressure injuries, also known as pressure ulcers, are a major global healthcare problem, occurring in both acute, long stay and community healthcare settings. These injuries have...
For the detection of CMV in infants Despite its high prevalence, with one in 200 babies in the US being born with a CMV infection, few people are aware of Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a member of the herpes family of...
The fight against antimicrobial resistance As Dr Ron Daniels BEM, executive director of the UK Sepsis Trust and vice-president of the Global Sepsis Alliance, explains, antimicrobial resistance poses significant challenges to...
Healing innovation Chronic wounds are a major challenge worldwide. This from an economic standpoint – as managing them expends time and resources – and from a patient outcome perspective, as wounds...
Unique test spectrum for neural autoantibodies Autoantibodies in neurological diseases are being identified at an unprecedented rate. With more than 15 years of experience in autoimmune neurology, including many...
In the MIC of time to fight antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance is an escalating global threat that can have disastrous consequences during the treatment of severe cases of infection. Accurate and rapid AST systems...
Addressing latent TB infection in the immunosuppressed Dr Edoardo Carretto, the director of clinical microbiology at Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, located in Reggio Emilia, Italy, sheds light on the pivotal role of the T-SPOT.TB test...
Optimise lab workflows with the right assay kits Valerie Erlewein, a medical technologist at Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Germany, and a professional working in a molecular laboratory at the hospital clinic, discusses their experiences...
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