JOB FOR DOCTORS: IRIDICA: Revolutionizing diagnostics!

Monday, December 22, 2014

IRIDICA: A change to diagnostics!

Could the new IRIDICA, a cutting edge pathogen identification technology developed by Abbot Laboratories revolutionize diagnostics and change the turnaround time and accuracy of patient care? Evidence suggests that.The new testing platform has capacity to diagnose multiple arrays of organisms eliminating need for blood culture to determine organisms and the detection of multiple organisms in just one blood sample.

IRIDICA means laboratory result for microbial detection could be gotten in one shift (at least 8 hours) by extraction of microbial nucleic acid from all sample types, including blood and tissue thus being able detect more than 700 bacterial and Candida species, about 200 moulds and yeasts and 130 viral species from 13 reporting groups. It would also be able to detect antimicrobial resistance.

IRIDICA uses Polymerase Chain Reaction/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) which makes a very fast diagnostic modality compare to present system where Clinicians have to wait for days to know the specific infectious organism based on culture.

This hold promise to revolutionizing how sepsis and severe infections are manage by clinicians who have to wait for prolong turnaround time for specific organisms implicated in cases to be unraveled in the laboratories. In addition aid better antimicrobial prescription.

IRIDICA after 15 years in development is now available in Europe and CE-Mark recognized countries after approval by CE-Mark(FDA equivalent) making it a very important tools in hands of physicians to manage infectious diseases.

Abbot Laboraties is an American pharmaceuticals and health care products company headquartered in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. She has track record of legendary discoveries e.g. first HIV blood-screening test.

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