CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
January 2021—GenMark Diagnostics received FDA emergency use authorization for its ePlex Respiratory Pathogen Panel 2. The test provides results in less than two hours for more than 20 viruses and bacteria that cause respiratory infections, including COVID-19, flu, bronchitis, and the common cold.
“RP2 provides our hospital with incredible peace of mind and value in helping us serve our patients, which includes a large geriatric patient population that is at increased risk for COVID-19. Since implementing RP2, we went from a seven- to 10-day turnaround time to getting results in under two hours,” Teri Robertson, BSMT, laboratory director at Graham Regional Medical Center, Graham, Tex., said in a GenMark press release.
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