MCMC Purchasing New Analyzer For Quick Virus Test Results

Mid-Columbia Medical Center is purchasing a Cepheid Rapid Analyzer to enable quick results for COVID-19 tests.  MCMC Chief Executive Officer Dennis Knox says as they test every elective surgery patient for the coronavirus, acquiring the analyzer will speed that procedure to allow test results to be known within 45 minutes.  Knox emphasized this is a different analyzer than the much-criticized Abbott analyzer.  He said the Cepheid analyzer provides 99 percent true results.  Knox says the equipment, along with cassette test kits, will arrive in mid-July.  The Mid-Columbia Health Foundation provided $110,000 to purchase the analyzer, along with $20,000 for the test kits.

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