2008 Copan Research & Development Studies

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MRSA Swab Sampling

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Reductions in Workload and Reporting by Use of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salk Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin
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DNA / Virology / Molecular

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Recovery of Respiratory Viruses: Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs Compared to those Collected by Nasal Aspiration
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Forensic Science

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Flocked Swabs, a New State of the Art for Forensic DNA applications
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Flocked Swabs

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Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children
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Bacteriology

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Evaluation of Optimal Storage Temperature, Time, and Transport Medium for Detection of Group B Streptococcus in StrepB Carrot Broth
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UriSwab

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Clinical Evaluation of a Preservative Impregnated Sponge for Transport of Urine Samples for Microbiological Culture
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Copan Research & Development

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Comparison of the New CyMol Medium to ThinPrep Liquid Based Pap Medium for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
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WASP Automation

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First Evaluation of the WASP, a New Automated Microbiology Plating Instrument
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A Comparison of Self-Collected Nasal Flocked Swabs with Staff-collected Nasopharyngeal or Nasal swabs for Respiratory Tract Sampling in Volunteers

Santina Castriciano, Susan Carruthers, Sonya Buracond, Geoffrey So and Marek Smieja

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - ECCMID 2008

P1372_ECCMID08.pdf 501.76 KB

Added 27 May 2008

Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR

Santina Castriciano

Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008

Dryswab_CVS08.pdf 2.11 MB

Added 27 May 2008

Evalutation of the Flocked Swab+UTM for Collection of Cervical Specimens for Molecular Detection of Human Papilloma Virus

A. Verri, S. Castriciano and V. Graziolli

Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008

UTM-FS_HPV_CVS08.pdf 2.12 MB

Added 27 May 2008

Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses

S. Castriciano, S. Carruthers, M. Ackerman, S. Chong, C. Robinson, S. Buracond, G. So, J. Mahony and M. Smieja

Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008

NS_SC_CVS08.pdf 2.22 MB

Added 27 May 2008

Comparison of the New CyMol Medium to ThinPrep Liquid Based Pap Medium for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays

Santina Castriciano, Arnalda GiambraCopan - Brescia, Italy

European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics Kurhaus Hotel
The Hague / Scheveningen - 18th & 19th October, 2007

Copan_CyMolMorphMolecular2007.PDF 849.92 KB

Added 15 May 2008

Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR

Castriciano Santina and Chernesky M.Hamilton
Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Copan Italia, Brecia Italy

ESCV 2008
Clinical Virology Annual Meeting
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
12-15 March 2008

ESCV_08_dry_flocked_swab.pdf 1.72 MB

Added 19 March 2008

Diagnostic Outcomes of Viral Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs, stored in UTM at -70°C and Tested by Culture, Direct Fluorescence or Molecular assays

Castriciano Santina, Petrich A, Smieja M, and Chernesky M. Hamilton
Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton, ON, Canada

ESCV 2008
Clinical Virology Annual Meeting
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
12-15 March 2008

ESCV_08_UTM_longtermstorage.pdf 2 MB

Added 19 March 2008

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Bacteriology

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Copan Research & Development7 studies

A Comparison of Self-Collected Nasal Flocked Swabs with Staff-collected Nasopharyngeal or Nasal swabs for Respiratory Tract Sampling in Volunteers

Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR

Evalutation of the Flocked Swab+UTM for Collection of Cervical Specimens for Molecular Detection of Human Papilloma Virus

Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses

Comparison of the New CyMol Medium to ThinPrep Liquid Based Pap Medium for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays

Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR

Diagnostic Outcomes of Viral Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs, stored in UTM at -70°C and Tested by Culture, Direct Fluorescence or Molecular assays