2010 Connection Newsletters
December 2010
bioMérieux secures exclusive distribution rights for Wescor's® automated gram staining instrumentation. Read more about this new relationship. As well, learn how to measure your gram stain waste, about OBSERVA and VITEK® 2 teaming up, glass blood culture breakage, our new VITEK® 2 cards and troubleshooting false vancomycin resistance.
October 2010
Learn more about the NDM-1 Superbug, about how a lean lab assessment improves quality, efficiency and turnaround time and more about bioMerieux’s suite of solutions for HAI’s, esoteric testing, microbiology identification and susceptibility testing and LEAN labs.
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July 2010
PC 5.01: another leap forward in VITEK® 2 software capabilities
VITEK® 2 System PC 5.01 offers improved workflow via multi-user remote access. In addition, it enables users to access multiple functions remotely, thereby eliminating the need for direct computer interface with the VITEK® 2 instrument. The new release is simple to use, and it improves the accuracy of data analysis reporting. The software includes advanced rules capabilities that are unique to each laboratory to ensure that the test results are linked to the laboratory’s testing algorithms. bioMérieux also updated the VITEK® 2 System’s Advanced Expert System™ (AES), which indentifies resistant strains along with the associated therapeutic corrections. Laboratory results are presented in clear, simple terminology. The new release also preliminary results analysis and reporting, MIC suppression, organisms identification download capability from the hospital LIS, and QC organism lists for comprehensive or streamlined QC.
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A closer look at MYLA™: an intelligent microbiology middleware solution that is designed by microbiologists for microbiologists
New innovation provided by Myla™ will change the way laboratory directors, supervisors and technologists manage microbiology information. Myla™ augments your current LIS system by providing an innovative set of tools to enhance laboratory workflow efficiency and relevance of results reporting.
So You Think You’re a Microbiologist?
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May 2010
Introducing MYLA™: an innovative software solution helping to recapture your time
Managing the operation of today’s microbiology laboratory is becoming more complex. There are several factors that you face on a day-to-day basis that impair your ability to provide quality results in an efficient manner. bioMérieux has been investing heavily in microbiology laboratory informatics in order to further assist laboratory demands for access to information.
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April 2010
Introducing Lean Lab Design Workflow Optimization Service
Customer Spotlight: Ann Schweiger, MT-ASCP, Supervisor, Microbiology Department, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Click here to read why St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center has used LyfoCults® microorganisms as their quality control organisms for more than 10 years.
bioMérieux is now manufacturing PREVI® Color Gram reagents in the U.S.
Customer Spotlight: Jose Velasquez, MT, Senior Microbiology Specialist, Comprehensive Medical Systems