3M™ Rapid Detection RSV Test

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Rapid detection of the RSV virus combined with other infection control measures may help healthcare facilities improve care for patients with respiratory syncytial virus, a contagious respiratory viral infection that most commonly affects children. Rapid detection will also help protect at-risk populations from being exposed to RSV infection.

Requiring three minutes or less hands-on time, the 3M Rapid Detection RSV Test delivers fast results direct from specimen. With this rapid test, the objective identification of infected patients from nasopharyngeal swab, nasal wash or nasopharyngeal aspirate specimens means the laboratory can have more confidence in their RSV test results and clinicians can have more confidence in their diagnoses. Additionally, the 3M™ Rapid Detection Reader provides the laboratory flexibility in time and test management by storing all test data for later review. The Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) connectivity capability, bar code scanner and printer help reduce potential reporting errors by eliminating the task of manually recording and transferring patient RSV test results. Internal quality controls (IQC) and external liquid quality controls (LQC) assure integrity of 3M RSV test results.

3M™ Rapid Detection features RAMP® technology developed by Response Biomedical. RAMP technology enhances traditional lateral flow immunoassay technology by introducing a strip of known antibodies (called internal standard zones) that are impacted by the same conditions as the test antibodies. The ratio of a measurement of the two sets of antibodies effectively factors out the uncontrollable variability, thereby providing an improved result.

For a rapid, clear assessment of pediatric patients presenting with bronchiolitis or other respiratory infection symptoms, 3M RSV detection combines trusted science with innovative technology to deliver fast, objective results in identifying RSV while helping the laboratory manage workflow.