Antimicrobial: an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.
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Date: December 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST) During this webinar we will discuss the implementation and impact of the MALDI Biotyper® and the MBT Sepsityper® in the clinical mi...
Date: September 30, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Learning Objectives Why is Stewardship important? What are the core elements of stewardship and microbiology's role Importance...
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) 98% of in-patients will undergo a diagnostic test during a hospital stay.[1] With the increased focus on the accuracy of diagnostic...
Date: November 17, 2020 Time: 5:00am (PST), 8:00am (EST), 2:00pm (CET) Septicemia is a serious clinical condition with roundabout 123,000 cases of sepsis a year in England. In recent years t...
DATE: November 3, 2020 TIME: 6:00am PDT Susceptibility profiles of anaerobes to antimicrobials have become unpredictable, thus reliable and user-friendly methods for routine susceptibility t...
DATE: October 27th, 2020 TIME: 6:00am PT Bruker proudly introduces the latest member of the MALDI Biotyper® product family, the MALDI Biotyper sirius one. Bruker‘s newest sirius sy...
DATE: October 09, 2020 TIME: 08:00am PT Traditional culture techniques, as the primary diagnostic tool for infectious diseases, are coming under scrutiny for failing to universally detect in...
DATE: September 24th, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Abstract body Learning Objectives: Review biochemistry and kinetics of PCT in primary and secondary bacterial infection Analyze PCT as a biomarker...
DATE: September 23, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET Diagnostics, particularly blood cultures, play a key role in sepsis diagnosis. Best practices are well-known for collection, transport, a...
Focusing on the urgent clinical problem of increasing carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae we have been evaluating detection methods in clinical microbiology and molecular transmissio...
The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) to pathogenic microbes is a major concern in modern medicine. Antibiotic therapies are often rendered ineffective by horizontal acquisiti...
To establish productive infection, plant viruses need to be able to efficiently invade and spread within a plant. Most viruses are introduced into a plant via the epidermal or mesophyll cell...
DATE: September 3, 2020 TIME: 09:00am PT, 12:00pm ET xxx Learning Objectives: xxx Webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing after live event. LabRoots is approved as a provi...
Environmental monitoring in a food manufacturing environment includes viable air sampling as well as surface sampling. Viable air sampling measures organisms in the air and surface sampling...
Staying informed on diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2 can be challenging. Because the results of the various test have different clinical implications it is important to understand the design...