NEW TEST1 2.0 – Start of production ?️ 1 DECEMBER All benefits and consolidated advantages of photometry capillary technology are now re-engineering in a brand new system Latest modern design Cutting-edge technology and components Improved performances and usability
First Publications on I-dOne ?️ 26 SEPTEMBER Rapid bacterial identification from positive blood cultures by infrared spectroscopy using short-term incubation 74th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology e.V. (DGHM) 5–7 September 2022 Berlin. “Off-label” trial study (not present in the current intended use) conducted by the team of Prof Wendel of the…
SELENE ALIFAX – THE ROLEX SWAN CUP ?️ 23 SEPTEMBER SELENE ALIFAX excellent seasonal closure in the waters of Porto Cervo Massimo De Campo’s Swan 42 finished second at the prestigious Rolex Swan Cup and graduated vice-champion at The Nations League circuit Brilliant end of the season for Selene Alifax of the Udinese owner…
FIRST I-dOne INSTALLATION IN BRASIL ?️ 30 AUGUST We are glad to announce the first I-dOne installation in Hospital Escola de Valença, Fundação Educacional Dom André Arcoverde, Rio de Janeiro. The laboratory is already equipped with HB&L system for the urine culture and MDRO screening and now the new #alifax technology is available for…
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New publication from China about the use of HB&L system for the UTI diagnosis. Results confirmed the robustness of the Alifax method obtaining a general agreement and Negative Predictive Value of >99% vs classical cultural method with the huge advantage of obtaining results in only 3 hours. Identification of strains were performed by the use of mass…
Assessment of a semi-automated enrichment system (UroquattroHB&L) for detection of faecal carriers of ESBL-/AmpC-producing Enterobacterales P. Pérez-Palacios et al., Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2019 DOI:10.1016/j.eimc.2019.11.001 The aim of this study was to compare the semi-automatic Uroquattro HB&L “ESBL/AmpC Screening” (Alifax®) system with the routine culture on selective media to detect ESBL/AmpC-producing microorganisms (3CGRE). A total…
Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing on positive blood cultures through an innovative light scattering technology: performances and turnaround time evaluation BMC Infectious Diseases https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4623-x Lidvine Boland†, Corentin Streel†, Hélène De Wolf, Hector Rodriguez and Alexia Verroken Background: A bacteremia diagnosis with speeded-up identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is mandatory to adjust empirical broad-spectrum antibiotherapy and…
Evaluation of a new Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility system for Gram-negative and Gram-positive bloodstream infections: speed and accuracy of Alfred 60AST BMC Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1654-9 Vanesa Anton-Vazquez1,3* , Samuel Adjepong2, Cristina Suarez1 and Timothy Planche1,2,3 Background: Blood stream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The time from taking blood cultures to obtain…