5 Hour test hailed as effective

Link: New Data Presented Confirms The Efficacy And Value Of Rapid MRSA Detection Test, UK.

The recently launched culture based rapid MRSA test demonstrates continued efficiency and reliability in the fight against Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA), according to a UK study presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America 45th annual meeting1. The study confirms that the 3M BacLite rapid MRSA test provides consistent, fast and accurate results as the first rapid culture test that can effectively and reliably detect the absence of MRSA in just five hours. The multi-centre study based on results from three hospitals in the United Kingdom processed 458 nasal and groin MRSA screening swabs using the 3M BacLite rapid MRSA test, a five-hour culture-based test that detects the potentially deadly bacteria direct from clinical specimens. Of the 248 nasal screening swabs analysed, results demonstrated a diagnostic sensitivity of 94.6% and a diagnostic specificity of 96.9%. >From the 210 groin swabs, the 3M BacLite rapid MRSA test provided a diagnostic sensitivity of 95.9% and a diagnostic specificity of 88.8%1.