River Diagnostics
Rapid Strain Typing and Epidemiology
SpectraCell RA™ enables the epidemiologist to determine when to initiate an investigation into:
- Community versus hospital versus nursing home acquired infections
- Persistent agent versus new strain infections such as positive blood cultures
- Point source and vectors of transmission such as contaminated solutions, medical equipment, patient-to-patient, colonized healthcare worker
Rapid Strain Typing Capability
Using one basic protocol, SpectraCell RA™ is capable of discriminating clonal relationships for:
- S.aureus-MRSA and MSSA
- CoNS
- Acinetobacter spp.
- E. faecium-VRE
Other protocols under development are:
- K.pneumonia
- E. coli
- C. difficile
- P. aeruginosa
- Enterobacter spp.
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
