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GeneXpert: Examples From the Field

Webinar/Podcast
GeneXpert: Examples From the Field

This 90-minute webinar is the second of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The first webinar is Changing TB Isolation Practices: New Guidelines for Molecular Testing.

Author:

The National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA), the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center (SNTC), and the Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC)

Audiences:

Lab Personnel, Nurses, Physicians

Topic:

Diagnosis, Diagnosis- Laboratory Procedures

Country of Origin:

United States

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