OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Implements PNA FISH(R) Tests to Help Provide Best Care for Patients with Bloodstream Infections
Posted on: Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 07:00 CST
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Every year, 350,000 patients contract bloodstream infections in
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"We are very excited to provide the latest diagnostic tool to help our clinicians identify these serious infections in our critically ill patients," said Dr.
About OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center is a 254-bed tertiary care facility located on a 100-acre campus near Interstate 90 and US Business 20 in
About Bloodstream Infections
Every year, 350,000 patients contract bloodstream infections, causing over 90,000 unnecessary deaths and significant costs to the healthcare system. The infection is detected when a culture of the patient's blood (i.e. a blood culture) turns positive with bacteria and yeast. Rapid and accurate identification of the specific infecting pathogen is crucial to ensure early and appropriate therapy and save patient lives.
About PNA FISH(R)
PNA FISH is an easy-to-use and highly sensitive and specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay that uses PNA (peptide nucleic acid) probes to target species specific ribosomal RNA (rRNA) in live bacteria and yeast. PNA FISH tests enable microbiology labs to provide rapid and accurate identification of bloodstream pathogens directly from positive blood cultures in hours instead of days. Clinical studies show that rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens using PNA FISH tests leads to more appropriate patient therapy that saves lives and reduces unnecessary antibiotic use, patient length of stay and hospital costs.
References:
(1)Forrest et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Oct;52(10):3558-63.
(2)Shoham et al.
(3)Forrest et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Jul;58(1):154-8.
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