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Gaining Efficiencies in Laboratory Workflow
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Before we begin... a few assumptions

  • This presentation describes issues commonly encountered in a real-world clinical laboratory environment, which meet the following criteria:
    • A lab performing routine screening and diagnostic testing for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC)
    • A lab using a commercially available Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT)
    • An accredited STD clinical laboratory
  • Commercial amplification assay systems for CT and GC are represented from the following sources:
Manufacturer Assay System
Gen-Probe APTIMA® Combo 2¹
BD Biosciences BDProbeTec™ ²
Roche Diagnostics COBAS Amplicor™ 3,4

  1. APTIMA® Combo 2 Assay for in vitro diagnostic use. Package Insert. Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
  2. BD ProbeTec™ ET Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Amplified DNA Assays. Package Insert. Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, MA, USA.
  3. COBAS AMPLICOR™ CT/NG Test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Package Insert. Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
  4. COBAS AMPLICOR™ CT/NG Test for Chlamydia trachomatis. Package Insert. Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

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