by Celeste Herbert | Aug 18, 2020 | General
BY: LARA MARKS & ANKUR MUTREJA – 11 August 2020 With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19, it is easy to forget the other significant threat to public health and the global economy – the rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance...
by Celeste Herbert | Aug 13, 2020 | General
Professional Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) are great tools to have when you need a fast and reliable diagnostic solution at the point-of-care. To enable assessment of their reliability you need to have the sensitivity & specificity, which determine accuracy....
by Celeste Herbert | Jul 29, 2020 | General
Rapid Diagnostic Tests are diagnostic assays designed for use at the point-of-care (POC) to provide results conveniently and almost immediately. Thus, they offer a useful alternative to microscopy.1 Indeed, barriers to pathology labs are mainly long turnaround time to...
by Celeste Herbert | Dec 1, 2019 | General
700,000 people around the world die every year because of antibiotic resistance. By 2050, this figure could rise to 10 million (14 times more than now).1 A recent study published by the South African Medical Journal shows that “72% of respondents to a survey believed...
by Celeste Herbert | Nov 20, 2019 | General
Did you know that nail fungus is one of the most common nail conditions? It is estimated that it affects approximately 12% of the population worldwide and over 50% of people over 70. While some people might be more predisposed and have an increased susceptibility to...
by Celeste Herbert | Nov 20, 2019 | General
A substantial amount of information can be gathered by analyzing an individual’s toenails and/or fingernails. From possible malignancy to nutritional status, an individual’s toenails and/or fingernails can often fill in the needed ‘blank spaces’ and provide you with a...
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