Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Clears Point-of-Care Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea

The io instrument processes a single-use cartridge that contains all reagents for testing collected vaginal swabs and male urine samples. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the binx ...
Business Wire

First Point-of-Care Test for Serious Hemoglobin Disorder, Beta Thalassemia, Provides New Weapon for the Front Lines of Healthcare Worldwide

PORTLAND, Ore. & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hemex Health announced a major enhancement to its Gazelle platform that allows its Hb Variant test to detect beta thalassemia disease and trait in ...

Rapid diagnostic test can detect asymptomatic malaria cases

Researchers have adapted a rapid diagnostic technology that is able to identify undetected cases of malaria, helping tackle ...
News Medical

Rapid point-of-care test used to diagnose respiratory infections can reduce antibiotic prescribing

A rapid microbiological point-of-care test to diagnose respiratory infections has proved popular with GPs and could reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care, according to a National Institute for ...
Renal & Urology News

FDA Clears Point-of-Care Test to Detect Hepatitis C Virus

Credit: Cepheid. The Xpert HCV test delivers results in about an hour. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization to Xpert ® HCV, a point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV ...
Healio

FDA grants clearance for fast, point-of-care STI test for women

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This STI test from Visby Medical provides test results for chlamydia, gonorrhoeae and trichomonas in less than ...
Business Wire

Minute Molecular’s DASH Point-of-Care COVID-19 Rapid PCR Test Gains FDA Emergency Use Authorization

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minute Molecular Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid DASH ...
MedPage Today

FDA OKs First Point-of-Care Test for Detecting Hep C in At-Risk Adults

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The FDA on Thursday granted marketing authorization to the ...
Georgia Tech News Center

Point-of-Care Test Cracks Code for Cell-Free Protein Detection

With a flexible, no-equipment-needed platform, ChBE researchers are creating a new way to test for disease at home or anywhere medical resources are limited. The team's modular cell-free protein ...
Science Daily

Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test discerns alpha variant from earlier strains

A point-of-care COVID-19 test developed by researchers can now detect and differentiate the alpha variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from earlier strains in saliva samples. A point-of-care COVID-19 test ...
News Medical

Point-of-care test identifies patients who may benefit from hypnosis interventions for pain treatment

Hypnotizability testing requires special training and in-person evaluation rarely available in the clinical setting. Now, investigators have developed a fast, point-of-care molecular diagnostic test ...