Transport Systems Studies & Posters
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Validation of the Alpha-Tec Systems' ETM for the Detection of Rotaviruses and Adenoviruses from Stool Specimens Using Four Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests
J.F. Carod*, E. Puget*, P. Pothier*, K. Ambert-Balay**
(*Centre Hospitalier Louis Jaillon, Saint-Claude, France)
(**Centre National de Référence des Virus Entériques, Dijon, France)Presented at the 2014 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease
and the 2014 American Society for MicrobiologyCost Effective Laboratory Practices for the Detection of C. difficile Toxin
S. Whittier, N. Clynes and P. Della-Latta (Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY)
Presented at the 96th American Society of Microbiology Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
[ETM] resulted in enhanced detection of C. difficile Toxin-A when compared to stool specimens received via routine transport mechanisms. We recommend the use of Alpha-Tec Systems' ETM when receipt of the specimen in the laboratory is expected to be greater than two-hours after collection.- S. Whittier, N. Clynes and P. Della-Latta
