Infectious Disease Testing

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 Improper diagnosis and treatment of infection can cost time, money and even mortality Antibiotic effectiveness has been greatly compromised by ability of pathogens to develop antibiotic resistance. 

When antibiotics do not work, infections can last longer, cause more severe illness, require more visits or hospital stays and involve more expensive treatment. 

What’s needed? 

An efficient and effective way to help improve diagnostic accuracy and antibiotic prescribing decisions. 

 Infectious Disease testing from HealthTrackRx® helps improve speed and accuracy of treatment Having the right information at the right time means clinicians can quickly provide individualized care and potentially avoid unnecessary complications, costs and hospital admissions.

• Six syndrome-based pathogen groups covering up to the 99th percentile of pathogens
• Antimicrobial resistance information to help guide accurate use
• Test orders and reports easily accessed from the cloud
• Universal swab and transport tube provide convenient and efficient collection 

 Support for infection diagnosis and treatment 

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) infectious disease testing offers higher accuracy and broader detection than culture.

• Detects the presence of infection by replicating pathogen RNA and DNA
• Pathogen and antibiotic resistance information in 24 hours
• Increased sensitivity and specificity+ 
• Unaffected by concurrent use of antibiotics
• Identifies polymicrobial infections 

 Infectious disease testing helps clinicians identify the cause of infections on the first test Up to 99% detection of causative bacterial, viral, fungal pathogens, some not detected by traditional culture and sensitivity infectious disease testing also offers information on the antibiotic resistance genes found in an individual sample to help clinicians choose the best possible anti-infective therapy for their patients. 

Pathogen Detection 

• Respiratory Panel: 41 pathogens 
• Urinary Tract Panel: 32 pathogens 
• Wound Panel: 40 pathogens 
• GI Panel: 31 pathogens 
• Nail/Paronychia Panel: 35 pathogens 
• Genito-STD Panel: 78 pathogens 

 Antibiotic Resistance Identification 

• 12 classes of antibiotic resistance genes
•  Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) 
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) 
• Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) P P