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GBS result in just over 30 minutes* Immediate GBS results you can trust. They deserve it. * For Positive Results In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device

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“For term deliveries, GBS screening at the time of labor and delivery, empowers clinicians to accurately assess the patient status and the need for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. Xpert® GBS is easy to use and returns results, if positive, in just over 30 minutes. It helps clinicians to reduce neonatal Early-Onset GBS disease, therefore decreases the hospitalization of newborns.” Sensitive and Specific Comparison of Xpert® GBS assay (intrapartum specimen) against the CDC culture method Culture + Reliable Najoua El Helali Ph.D., Services de Microbiologie and Gyne´cologie-Obste´trique,...

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Total hands-on time: <1 Minute Insert the swab into the chamber S Insert Cartridge and start assay TOTAL HANDS-ON TIME <1 MINUTE Positive Results in about 30 minutes Ordering Information Xpert® GBS (10 Cartridges with reagents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catalog No. GXGBS-100N-10 References: 1. Schrag et al. A population-based comparison of strategies to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal disease in neonates. NEJM. 2002; 247(4): 233-239. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Perinatal Group B...

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