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World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), occurring 18-24 November every year, is a global awareness campaign that aims to improve understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It acts as a platform to share resources and evidence of best practice among One Health...
World Patient Safety Day is an annual global awareness campaign, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), that emphasises the importance of improving healthcare practices to prevent harm to patients. World Patient Safety Day 2024 The theme of World Patient Safety...
Antimicrobial resistance: A global threat Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when pathogens (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) that cause infections no longer respond to the drugs used to treat them, an issue that poses a significant global public...
The recent COVID-19 pandemic was a humanitarian and economic disaster, directly contributing to at least three million deaths and costing as much as US$15.8 trillion1. The pandemic also had many indirect effects on our health, with routine operations and medical...
Microarray technologies have the potential to add significant value to the field of clinical diagnostics. This powerful technology is high-throughput and sensitive, allowing for the rapid screening of many genetic markers in parallel. In this blog post, we explore how...
Working in Regulatory Affairs is never boring. We’re in a space where the ground is shifting beneath our feet and not just little tremors - the whole landscape is in flux. The changes are greatest in Great Britain and Europe but, the advantage is that these things...
Throughout human history, infectious diseases have been a major cause of suffering and mortality. Remarkably, it was once suggested that half of all humans who have ever lived have been killed by malaria [1]. Equally incredibly, this may represent the tip of the...
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a widely-used technique in molecular biology. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the general public has become far more aware of PCR and its use in molecular diagnostics. In this blog, we will describe the information that can be...
Influenza, or ‘flu', is a common respiratory infection usually associated with a seasonal increase during the winter months - often referred to as 'flu season'. There are estimated to be around 1 billion cases annually, with more severe symptoms for those at higher...
As we enter the long anticipated period of summer holidays, it may seem premature to be thinking about winter planning but this is exactly what our colleagues in the NHS are doing. Through the months of October to March, winter planning aims to boost capacity and...
Earlier this year (19 January 2023), the United States reported its first two cases of gonorrhoeal infection that had a reduced likelihood of responding to antibiotics. Even though gonorrhoeal infections are rarely life-threatening, this short post describes...
In my role as Laboratory Operations Manager at QuantuMDx, I am responsible for managing our suite of laboratories and Health and Safety. The safety and wellbeing of our staff is a priority at QuantuMDx and I have a multi-disciplined team of Representatives of Employee...
The Big Catch-Up World Immunisation Week aims to raise awareness of vaccine-preventable diseases and encourage collaborative action to strengthen immunisation programmes and protect against disease throughout all stages of life. The theme for 2023 is ‘The Big...
If the past three years have taught QuantuMDx anything, it would be to prepare for the unexpected. While it can be difficult to predict which infectious disease will emerge as ‘the next big thing’, surveillance tools map the occurrence and transmission of certain...
International Day of Women & Girls in Science supports full and equal access to and participation in science for Women and Girls along with gender equality and female empowerment. QuantuMDx have conducted interviews with women holding scientific roles across...
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the leading cause of cervical cancer. In this short post, which coincides with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (23-29 January 2023), find out more about how HPV can cause cancer, the significance of different HPV subtypes in the...
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, and influenza are two well-known respiratory viruses, but what do you know about RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)? Here, Carolyne Horner, Medical Scientific Liaison, describes aspects of RSV acute respiratory infection...
Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) describes the situation when microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses) no longer respond to the drugs (antimicrobials) that are used to treat infections. As a consequence,...
This article has been guest written by our CFO, Martin Walton. We have all recently witnessed at very close quarters the fact that not only has SARS-COV-2 not gone away, but it is also very much in the ascendant again. Many people have been laid low in recent weeks -...
For the first time in three years, it appears we can look forward to a summer where we might feel more relaxed about respiratory viruses. Nonetheless, healthcare services are bracing themselves for what might be an extremely challenging autumn and winter. After two...
The last few years have felt long and have been difficult for most of us, thanks in no small part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it is beginning to feel like we’re through the worst of it, many people are acutely aware of the continuing risks to vulnerable people...
Last week QuantuMDx achieved yet another milestone by introducing Laboratory Information System (LIS) connectivity to the Q-POC™ software. The latest software release for the Q-POC™ platform, 3.2, is a significant upgrade that enables test records to be...
We recently conducted a survey of how the demands of COVID-19 testing had impacted on UK care homes together with Care Home Professional magazine. What we found was shocking: the demands of COVID-19 testing has pushed homes to breaking point. Many staff told us...
Andy Whittle, VP Manufacturing at QuantuMDx, discusses the highs and lows of scaling up to manufacture, during a global pandemic. What is your background? I've over 20 years manufacturing experience, focusing primarily within life science and medical devices. I...
Sam Bhatt is a Programme Manager at QuantuMDx. Here, Sam tells us more about himself and gives us an insight into his role. When did you start working at QuantuMDx? I joined the QuantuMDx team in May 2015, not long after I completed my PhD (in radiotracers for...