Webinar

The Future of Molecular Diagnostics:

What Every POCC Should Know
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Summary:  

Molecular diagnostic methods are changing the face of diagnostic microbiology, but until recently have been cumbersome and complicated.  Now more capable, simpler molecular diagnostic platforms promise to move molecular diagnostics to the point of care. 

In this presentation, our speaker Sheldon Campbell M.D., Ph.D., explored the possibilities for molecular point-of-care testing; the basics of molecular methods, and the prospects and challenges of moving molecular diagnostics to the point of care.

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe the basic work-flow of molecular diagnostic testing 

• Describe some major amplification and detection methods

• Distinguish between real-time and non-real-time molecular methods

• Recognize the properties of an analyte that make it a candidate for molecular testing

• Recognize emerging molecular diagnostic platforms that may be usable at point-of-care

• Describe unique quality issues in molecular diagnostics which impact their use at point of care