In response of the need of laboratories that only monitor blood cultures for positivity, CMPT has created a blood culture only program. This program satisfies accreditation needs by sending 2 blood culture samples for testing twice a year. The program…
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Simple, Fast Test for Bacterial Contamination
What if testing for bacteria in fluids was a fast and easy as detecting viruses with a rapid antigen test? Researchers at McMaster University have come up with a novel test for detecting bacteria in a fluid sample that is…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology
Fighting AMR with Bacteriophages
Before the discovery of antibiotics in the 1930’s, there was an effort to treat bacterial infections using bacteriophages. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, and they occur naturally wherever bacteria are found, from lakes and streams to the microbiomes inside…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology