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AcroMetrix Announces Launch of First Liquid MRSA Positive Control

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 7th, 2008

AcroMetrix, a leading provider of quality control products and services for clinical diagnostic laboratories, announced the launch of the first standardized External Quality Control for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) molecular testing. The OptiQual MRSA Positive Control may be used to independently monitor all phases of MRSA DNA testing to ensure consistent and accurate results.

A study published October 2007 in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that MRSA infections resulted in the death of 18,650 out of 94,360 infected patients in the United States in 2005 -- death rate higher than that of HIV/AIDS in the same year. Since...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-04-07)

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