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Article: New Help for Doctors in Combating H1N1 Swine Flu.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- November 21, 2009
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As the outbreak of H1N1 (Swine Flu) intensifies, there is a growing need for greater speed and accuracy in collecting specimens from patients for testing to determine with what they've been infected. The government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued interim guidance covering the collection, processing and testing of patient samples. Many state and local medical authorities have incorporated the CDC's recommendations into their own guidance.
That's why Repro-Med Systems, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: REPR) , dba RMS Medical Products of Chester, NY, now offers a Specimen Collection Kit (SCK) for its RES-Q-VAC[R] portable hand held suction pump. ...