date:May 16, 2012
y infection is a step forward in the development of multiplex tests that can simultaneously detect several causes of infection, said Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D., director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety at FDAs Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The FilmArray Panel detects infections by obtaining a swab sample from the patients area where the throat and nose meet (nasopharynx). If a patient has a respiratory infection in other areas of the respiratory tra