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Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, and some parasites, to resist the effects of drugs, meaning that the germs are not only not killed, but there their growth is not inhibited. For obvious reasons, infections with resistant organisms are difficult to treat, requiring costly and sometimes toxic alternatives. While some people are at increased risk, no single person can avoid the risk of antibiotic-resistant infections altogether. Since organisms will always find a way to adapt and resist antibiotics, there is a heightened need to keep new resistance from developing and to prevent the resistance that already exists from spreading.
FEB 24, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: February 24, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) One of the largest global public health crises is the rise of antimicrobial-resistant infections. Globally, over 700,000 people die...
JAN 25, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: January 25, 2022 Time: 8:00am (CET) 9:00AM (SAST) Globally, in 2020, 38 million people were living with HIV with an additional 1.5 million newly i...
JAN 13, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: January 13, 2022 Time: 09:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Recently, the Infectious Disease Society of America released guidance on how to approach treatment of infections caused by multidrug...
DEC 09, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: December 09, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been acknowledged worldwide by leading health institutes. Besides the need for new...
NOV 30, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: November 30, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) Wastewater Surveillance programs for SARS-CoV-2 are being implemented by health authorities globally. Many laboratories are currentl...
NOV 18, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have sur...
NOV 17, 2021 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 17, 2021 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST, 4:00pm CET Filamentous fungi are historically known to be a rich reservoir of bioactive compounds that are applied in a myriad of field...
OCT 26, 2021 | 6:00 AM
Date: October 26, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) With the IR Biotyper®, Dr. Markus Meyer will introduce the audience into the world of FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infr...
OCT 12, 2021 | 6:00 AM
Date: October 12, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) Dr. Diana Kalinina shall introduce the MALDI Biotyper ® sirius platform and elaborate the already available as well...
SEP 16, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: September 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) For diagnostic testing, proper sample collection and transport play a pivotal role in the accurate and timely identification of a p...
SEP 13, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: September 13, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Sepsis is the most common cause of mortality in many hospitals and is most often caused by blood stream infections. The major contr...
AUG 11, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patie...
JUL 20, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: July 20, 2021 Time: 10:00am PDT From raw material identification to finished and packaged pharmaceutical products, stability testing is a critical step for both research and developmen...
JUL 15, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Sigma Metrics plays a critical role in laboratory medicine. Abbott is committed to helping your laboratory achieve excellence in clinica...
JUN 29, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: June 29, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) The Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract Panel demonstrated reliable concordance with culture based methods for organism identification from...
JUN 22, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as one of the principal public health problems of the 21st century. It threatens the effectiv...
MAY 26, 2021 | 8:00 AM
Date: May 26, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT) Serious infections can be immediately life threatening: with serious invasive infections a single day can be the difference between life and death for p...
APR 21, 2021 | 7:30 AM
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is challenging our health care systems and has profoundly impacted our society. Due to the poor global public health response, SARS-CoV-2 has developed many variants....
APR 08, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT) Pneumonia is a deadly condition with clinical outcomes highly dependent on prompt and appropriate therapy. Diagnosis of pneumonia is cha...
MAR 16, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have surg...
JAN 26, 2021 | 8:00 AM
Date: January 26, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Over the past years, CRISPR/Cas genome editing has quickly become the method of choice for genetic manipulation, owing to its ease-of...
APR 08, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT) Pneumonia is a deadly condition with clinical outcomes highly dependent on prompt and appropriate therapy. Diagnosis of pneumonia is cha...
MAR 16, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have surg...
JAN 26, 2021 | 8:00 AM
Date: January 26, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Over the past years, CRISPR/Cas genome editing has quickly become the method of choice for genetic manipulation, owing to its ease-of...