Diagnostic Digest
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February 23, 2021
BIOFIRE SARS-CoV-2 Syndromic Testing Based on Updated WHO Guidelines
Here's what users of BIOFIRE's SARS-CoV-2 syndromic testing solutions should know in response to the WHO's updated testing guidelines.
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February 02, 2021
Rapid PCR for Pneumonia Pathogen Identification
Pneumonia patients are frequently overtreated with antibiotics due to the difficulty to quickly identify cause. PCR technology helps alleviate this issue.
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February 02, 2021
Viruses 101
Viruses have co-existed with humans well before our our earliest evolutionary origins. Learn all about viruses, how they operate, and how they are diagnosed. -
November 11, 2020
World Pneumonia Day
November 12th is World Pneumonia day, raising awareness of the infectious disease that claimed 2.5 million lives in 2020, and how to protect against it. -
November 04, 2020
What is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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October 27, 2020
Cost Savings Benefits: BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® System
Increased pathogen detection, reduced hospital length of stay, reduced antibiotic therapies—the BioFire System offers numerous cost saving benefits.
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October 26, 2020
7 Ways to Help Protect Yourself During Respiratory Season
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October 14, 2020
The History of Coronaviruses
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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September 22, 2020
Epidemiology: Tracking and Mitigating Disease
Epidemiologists work every day to confront a variety of health and safety threats, from influenza to Salmonella infection outbreaks.
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September 11, 2020
Now’s the Time to be Sepsis Aware
Learn the facts about sepsis.
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August 27, 2020
Remembering Kary Mullis, Pioneer of PCR
Dr. Mullis’s groundbreaking invention of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) laid the foundation for BIOFIRE's syndromic testing. -
August 11, 2020
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.