rapid diagnostic tests
Review of HIV Tests
When you need to know quickly if your patient has contracted HIV, these options can provide a faster result.
JULY 4, 2025
Innovations in Rapid Diagnostic Testing for HIV: Advancements, Challenges, and Future Directions
Between 2018 and 2022, the United States saw an estimated 12% decrease in new HIV infections, reflecting progress ...
JULY 4, 2025
Rapid Diagnostic Testing with BCID2 Panel Improves Time to Optimal Therapy
Many patients with bloodstream infections achieved optimal therapy within 48 hours using the Biofire Blood Culture ...
JUNE 2, 2025
Advancing Antibiotic Stewardship With Rapid Diagnostic Testing
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens stemming are estimated to be responsible for 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant ...
APRIL 29, 2025
The Cutting Edge of Respiratory Diagnostics: An Ever-Evolving Laboratory Arsenal
This review aims to address all the myriad ways in which respiratory testing continues to evolve
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
RDTs for Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focus on Bloodstream And Acute Respiratory Infections
The Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America established ...
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Real-World Reports About Rapid Diagnostic Testing
Rapid diagnostic testing has been found in multiple studies to hold promise for improving the identification of ...
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Rapid Diagnostic Testing and ABX Stewardship Combo Could Optimize Outcomes for Bacteremia
The primary goal of antimicrobial stewardship programs should be to optimize patients’ clinical outcomes, ...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Properly Managing ID Test Samples
To provide some direction to improve sampling, the IDSA and ASM released a new guide on the proper management of ...
JUNE 28, 2018
Using Rapid Diagnostics to Fight Resistance
Conventional microbiology is being supplemented by molecular rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), which can increase the ...
MAY 30, 2018
