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Liquid Based Microbiology: Simplify Sample Collection and Transport to Improve Patient Care

Today’s Clinical Microbiology laboratory is under tremendous pressure to perform quality testing efficiently while limiting additional cost to the medical institution. Many laboratories are being ...
Nature

Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of bacterial 16S rRNA and targeted PCR based diagnostic testing in a UK microbiology laboratory network

16S ribosomal-ribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and targeted PCR aid microbiological diagnosis in culture-negative clinical samples. Despite routine clinical use, there remains a ...
BioTechniques

Fecal sample collection for clinical microbiome research

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...
Nature

Microbiological risk assessment during the procurement and processing of cells, tissues and breast milk using the MiRCA tool

The Microbiological Risk Classification and Assessment tool (MiRCA) is a valuable instrument elaborated by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) for evaluation of ...