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Xpert® C. difficile BT

Xpert® C. difficile BT
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Rapid and Accurate. It’s About Time. Xpert® C. difficile BT Detection of Clostridium difficile in 47 minutes. C€ m In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device A better way.

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Patients infected with C. difficile are a source of transmission to other patients, therefore, it is important that infected patients are detected as early as possible. Rapid molecular testing, providing accurate results in 47 minutes, when combined with isolation of infected patients, provides an important new weapon in our battle against healthcare-associated infections.” Professor Richard James Director of the Center for Healthcare Associated Infections, University of Nottingham C. difficile infections (CDI) have been increasing in incidence and severity, and are associated with an...

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© THE IMPACT With Xpert® C. difficile BT: • Clinicians can promptly administer therapy to support improved patient outcomes • Timely infection control initiatives can be implemented to reduce spread of infection within an institution8 • Speed and accuracy eliminates the need for additional testing • Identify the presence of the gene encoding binary toxin, which has been linked with increased disease severity and poorer patients outcomes • Detect strains of C. difficile that only produce binary toxin, which may still be associated with CDI Performance characteristics of Xpert® C. difficile...

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3 EASY STEPS Total hands-on time: <1 Minute Insert swab into stool specimen, then into elution reagent vial and break at score Vortex and dispense sample into port S 3 Insert cartridge and start test Xpert® C. difficile BT is a rapid PCR test that detects the presence of toxin-producing Clostridium difficile in 47 minutes. Detection of three targets: toxin B (tcdB), binary toxin (cdtA), and a tcdC deletion at nucleotide 117, offers presumptive identification of the 027/NAP/BI epidemic strain and an independent call-out of binary toxin results. CATALOG NUMBER Xpert C. difficile BT (10 tests)...

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