Point-of-Care Testing: Page 2

Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Medline sign distribution deal for POC fentanyl screening test
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Carolina Liquid Chemistries has forged an agreement with medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries to distribute its point-of-care fentanyl screening test kit to healthcare providers and clinical laboratories across the U.S.
August 2, 2024
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Babson Diagnostics launches new retail blood testing service in Texas
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Babson Diagnostics is launching its new BetterWay blood testing service in retail pharmacies across the Austin, TX, area.
July 10, 2024
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Lab-on-a-chip nanogenerator device developed for monitoring blood conductivity
By Liz Carey
Self-powered millifluidic device works off triboelectrification and opens the possibility of designing implantable, self-powered diagnostic devices.
June 25, 2024
Labonachip Nanogenerator Pitt2024
CRISPR-based paper test could improve influenza testing access, outbreak surveillance
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, and Princeton University have developed a low-cost paper strip test that uses CRISPR to distinguish between the two main types of seasonal influenza, A and B, as well as subtypes H1N1 and H3N2.
June 21, 2024
Influenza Virus Social
Sysmex POC urine test wins $10.2M prize
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Product offers potential to end the "just in case" prescribing that is currently prevalent and which promotes the development of antibiotic resistance.
June 13, 2024
PA-100 AST System from Sysmex Astrego AB in Sweden
POC test offers low-cost way to screen for toxoplasmosis during pregnancy
By Liz Carey
Gestational screening programs might benefit from a new clinical laboratory point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test that hunts for a parasite that can be transmitted during pregnancy.
May 29, 2024
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Scout secures CARB-X grant to advance diagnostic test development
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Scout, formerly Uh Oh Labs, will advance its point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with a new $1 million accelerator grant.
April 22, 2024
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Babson adds hand-warming to blood testing mini-draws in Texas pharmacies
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Austin, TX-based Babson Diagnostics said it has received positive feedback for its hand-warmer, which is used as part of a finger-stick blood sample collection device in retail pharmacies.
April 16, 2024
Blood collection on the Babson Diagnostics hand-warmer.
FDA clears another blood-based TBI POC test
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Abbott furthers its point-of-care (POC) assay for measuring traumatic brain injury biomarkers from whole blood.
April 1, 2024
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Labcorp acquires BioReference Health assets
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Labcorp and Opko Health subsidiary BioReference Health have announced that they have made an agreement for Labcorp to acquire certain of BioReference Health’s assets.
March 28, 2024
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FDA LDT oversight battle: Are we close?
By Liz Carey
New directions in laboratory developed test (LDT) regulation appeared closer to final rule-making with the March 1 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) acceptance of the LDT final rule, pending regulatory review: a flurry of final rule-making thoughts.
March 6, 2024
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Quest Diagnostics seeks to get a jump on PFAS testing in communities
By Liz Carey
Researchers often use people’s blood PFAS levels as a proxy for exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the "forever chemicals" found in certain products and the environment.
February 13, 2024
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map shows the number of PFAS detected in tap water samples from select sites across the nation. The findings are based on a USGS study of samples taken between 2016 and 2021 from private and public supplies at 716 locations. The map does not represent the only locations in the U.S. with PFAS. (Source: USGS, public domain.)
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