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FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Found to Have Higher Sensitivity and Specificity than Other Rapid HBSAG Tests and FirstVue(TM) '...and was the preferred

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT First Diagnostic LLC an emerging worldwide marketing leader in rapid diagnostic test kits, today announced that a recent evaluation conducted by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research of the FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test, was released at the Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care meeting, sponsored by the Department of Defense. The purpose of the evaluation, entitled "Laboratory Evaluation of Hepatitis B Rapid Test for Use in Screening Walking Blood Bank Donors," was to determine the best rapid HBSAG test to use for screening blood donors for Hepatitis B ("HBSAG") in the theater of war. The FirstVue(TM) HBSAG test was selected as the preferred test based on all facets of the study evaluation.

Out of all manufactures in the rapid diagnostic industry, six rapid tests were initially selected based on an evaluation of published claims and sensitivity testing using HBSAG positive samples. Those tests were then compared in a comprehensive evaluation of test performance using plasma and blood specimens. The study indicated that the FirstVue(TM) HBSAG test had the highest sensitivity (95.4%) and the highest specificity (99.7%) among all the tests evaluated. In addition, the evaluation indicated that the FirstVue(TM) HBSAG test detected HBSAG antibodies approximately three days sooner than available laboratory-based enzyme immunoassays. Early detection of seroconversion is an important measure of the sensitivity of a test and means that Hepatitis B infection can now be identified even with relatively recent exposure.

"We are very pleased with the results of the Walter Reed evaluation, it's just another confirmation of the quality of our product line and of the HBSAG rapid test we ar
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