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Abaxis Announces New Waived Kidney Check Panel Exclusively for Imaging and Radiology Centers

UNION CITY, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABAX ), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood chemistry analysis systems, announced today the launch of the Kidney Check Panel to be used in conjunction with the Piccolo xpress(TM) point of care ...

Health Care Waiting Period Waived for Evacuees from Lebanon in Ontario

Canadians returning to Ontario from Lebanon will not have to wait for access to public health care.// The provincial government has said that it will waive the mandatory three-month waiting period for OHIP coverage for the new arrivals. According to the Health Minister George Smitherman th...

Duane Reade Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Offering of 11.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2015

...limitation, the funding of the Equity Investment) to the Offers, other than the availability of the proceeds of the notes offering, being satisfied or waived and (ii) receipt of an amendment to the Issuers' asset-based revolving loan facility to permit, among other things, the completion of the Offers and t...

University of the Rockies Introduces Military Tuition Grant

...to both on campus and online students: the application fee will be waived the technology fee will be waived a $125 grant per credit hour for Master's degree students is offered...

Kaiser Permanente Approves $11 Million in Community Benefit Grants

...imming pools free this summer, as a result of a $150,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente to the City and County of Denver's Park and Recreation. The City waived fees for youth last year but was unable to do so this year. As a result of this grant, youth will have free access to recreational opportunities from ...

More Americans Have Cell Phones Than Dental Coverage

...of restorative care, such as fillings; and 50% of major dental care like crowns or root canals. $50 deductible for covered services. Deductible waived for exams and cleanings. "I purchased the Regence Individual Incentive Dental plan because it's affordable and rewards me for the p...

Leading Senior Care Destination TheCaringSpace.com Launches ElderCare Library and Care Community

...ace has rapidly grown to over 30,000 members. To celebrate the launch of the ElderCare Library and Care Community , membership fees are being waived until August 1, 2009. To take advantage of this opportunity or to learn more about this online community visit http://www.TheCaringSpace.com . ...

Pinnacle Health Solutions Launches New Web Site, Making Affordable Health Care and Benefits Easy to Understand

...lization and accidental death. Pinnacle Health Solutions also offers deductibles for emergency room visits and hospitalization (E.R. deductible may be waived upon admittance due to circumstance). By submitting customers in large groups at a time, Pinnacle Health Solutions is able to offer the corporate ...

National Marrowthon Campaign Aims to Bring Nearly 50,000 to the Be The Match Registry(SM) in Two Weeks

...of patients a second chance at life. While adding a new member to the registry costs approximately $100, during this campaign, the registration fee is waived for the first 46,000 new members. NASCAR'S Hendrick Motorsports is participating in the Be The Match Marrowthon to grow the number of registry me...

Virtuoso(R) Affirms Travel Amidst H1N1 Flu Scare

...s similar to those found in hospitals, and they employ crews trained in handling passengers who become ill. Many airlines and hotels have temporarily waived change fees and are offering some refunds for travel to Mexico. Virtuoso says its professional travel advisors have seen few cancellations, with ...

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Great Basin Scientific, Inc. Raises $3.6 Million in Bridge Funding to Prepare for Launch of First Product

...ontamination of tests. Its automated, highly-sensitive, easy-to-use integrated cartridge system can be performed in a CLIA-rated moderately complex or waived laboratory, and will give healthcare providers and their patients the benefit of point-of-care test results within a 20 - 60 minute time frame at cost...

Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Test for Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and Resistance to Rifampicin

...ces hands-on time to about one minute. This new test configuration is also expected to form the foundation for Cepheid's projected future line of CLIA waived products." Appropriate therapeutic management has been a significant factor in the development of drug resistant TB strains. Optimal management o...

ASPIRE Independent Review Board Announces 10 Ways to Protect Participants' Rights in Clinical Drug Trials and Optimize Results From Research

... of information for the study. 4) Ask the principal investigator as many questions as needed to understand the trial. 5) No legal rights are waived by signing a consent form. 6) Ethical and legal codes governing medical practices apply to clinical trials. 7) Be prompt to all scheduled appoin...

Access Pharmaceuticals Demonstrates Ability to Significantly Reduce Glucose Levels in Pre-clinical Testing of Cobalamin(TM) Oral Insulin

...d tax requirements, and to otherwise complete the merger in a timely manner, yet there can be no assurances that the closing conditions will be met or waived or that the transaction will close. These statements are subject to numerous risks, including but not limited Access' need to obtain additional financ...

Two Point of Care Tests From Quest Diagnostics Receive FDA 510(k) Clearance

...c testing in the U.S. 510(k) clearance also enables manufacturers to submit the test for review by the FDA for CLIA-waived status. A test that is CLIA waived fulfills certain criteria, such as ease of use, that make it suitable for operation by non-laboratory trained staff in physician offices and clinics. ...

CLIA Waiver Submitted for Rapid HIV Test Employs StatSure's 'Barrel' Technology

...the U.S. There are approximately 189,000 testing sites across the United States, including doctors' offices and clinics that require a test to be CLIA waived before it can be used. The United States Centers for Disease Control recommends HIV testing as part of the routine medical care of most Americans. On ...

Hemoglobin Testing at the Point of Care

...s can be used, so transfusion decisions, EPO dosing and anemia screenings can be performed immediately and at the point of care. Both systems are CLIA waived and the B-Hemoglobin photometer is available with data management capabilities. GDS Technology, a division of Stanbio Laboratory, Boerne, Texas,...

Rapid Whole Blood Testing for Infectious Mononucleosis Antibodies

...t for both CLIA-moderate (using serum, plasma or whole blood specimens) and waived labs (using whole blood specimens only). The test uses color immunoch...or to assure the proper performance of the test and the device. Other waived test product manufacturers include: Princeton BioMeditech Corporati...

Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs

...rts a result in five minutes or less. The company claims that this test is significantly more sensitive with low to moderate positives than other CLIA waived rapid antigen tests. The test is performed by adding reagents to a test tube, inserting the throat swab, waiting several minutes and then inserting an...

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CLIA Waived Urine Drug Screens

Description: The ADC CLIA Waived Drug Tests are easy to use; just Dip (or Drop) and Read. They demonstrate excellent correlation with laboratory GC/MS testing and provide negative and preliminary positive results in minutes instead of days. These tests are used by CLIA waived certified laboratories in clinics, ...
Company:Inverness Medical Innovations

ADC CLIA WAIVED Cocaine Test Card

Description: The ADC drugs of abuse tests are highly accurate in detecting the presence of drugs at the SAMHSA recommended cut-off as confirmed by GC/MS testing. This assay provides a preliminary test result. A more specific alternative method (such as GC/MS) must be used in order to obtain a confirmed result. ...
Company:Inverness Medical Innovations

ACCUSTRIP Strep A (ll) Test-CLIA waived

Description: The Accustrip Strep A(ll) Test is a lateral flow, one-step immunoassay for the rapid, qualitative detection of Group A Streptococcal antigen from throat swabs. The test is intended for use as an aid in the diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal infection....
Company:JANT Pharmacal Corp.

ThyroChek

Description:... office labs, pharmacy programs and health promotion. ThyroChek is CLIA waived and may be performed in either waived or moderately complex facilities without special staff training. ThyroChek ...
Company:SD Canada

ICON 25 hCG Test

Description:... will reshape your thinking. It gives you fast, accurate results, plus Beckman Coulter confidence. For the physician's office, ICON 25 hCG offers CLIA waived simplicity for urine and a "moderately complex" catergorization for serum. For the hospital, it's the perfect complement to our ICON II HCG test, the ...
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc

Acceava H.pylori

Description:...sed by H. pylori so physicians can deliver improved patient care while the patient is still present with a test that fits the staffing requirements of waived or non-waived laboratories. The Right Choice for CLIA-Waived Facilities: the most sensitive CLIA-waived rapid H. pylori test available; helps to ...
Company:Biostar

AAFP-PT Laboratory Proficiency Testing and Quality Assurance

Description:... The AAFP-PT Laboratory Proficiency Testing and Quality Assurance (for waived and PPM Labs) programs are designed to assist POLs, clinics and small hospitals maintain laboratory excellence. Modules are designed to assure accurac...
Company:American Academy of Family Physicians

Gastroccult

Description:...blood and determining gastric pH in one device. Fecal occult blood tests do not provide reliable results when used with gastric specimens. This CLIA waived test aids in the diagnosis and management of various gastric conditions which may be encountered in intensive care areas, emergency rooms and surgical...
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Clearview Mono-plus II

Description:...ct solid-phase immunoassay technology for the qualitative detection of infectious antibodies in human whole blood, serum or plasma specimens. Our CLIA waived whole blood kit allows cost-effective testing in any physician-office practice....
Company:Wampole Laboratories

ICON DS Strep A

Description:...rom throat swabs. The ICON DS Strep A test excels at detection of Strep A antigen, especially in rare and low positive colonization samples. This CLIA waived test uses a convenient dipstick format. With outstanding performance, ICON DS Strep A leaves little chance for misdiagnosis, minimizing the risk of rh...
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc

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Fecal occult blood test

..., when the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is ordered, and what the results might mean. Fecal Occult Blood Testing . Procedure type: waived Testing ... Fill in the Fecal Occult Blood Test sticker located on the log sheet. ... The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is perf...

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Ecological Society of America announces its 93rd Annual Meeting

... will be available. ESA Policy on Press Credentials We will waive registration for reporters with a recognized press card. Registration is also waived for current members of the National Association of Science Writers, the Canadian Science Writers Association, the International Science Writers Associ...

Learning and the brain

...ration is still open. See: http://www.learningandthebrain.com/ >. Continuing education credits are available to participants. (The conference fee is waived for credentialed members of the press.) This conference theme is neuroplasticity, or how the brain changes with learning, memory, and experience....

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Processing Fees on ADRs to be Waived for two Months

NEW YORK, August 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: XTLB ; LSE: XTL; TASE: XTL), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of unmet medical needs, particularly neuropathic pain and...

Magellan Diagnostic Businesses to Feature Automated Systems and Diagnostic Tests at Clinical Lab Expo

... than traditional blood-lead tests, the LeadCare II blood-lead testing system can use a capillary or venous sample, can be combined with other routine waived blood tests, such as hemoglobin and ZPPH, a test for iron deficiency anemia, and saves considerable administrative time spent on paperwork, tracking, ...

Synvista Therapeutics Announces Restructuring of Dividend Obligation to Preferred Stockholders and Decision to Delist from NYSE Alternext and Terminate SEC Registration of Common Stock

... its test to measure CML (carboxy-methyllysine), another potential cardiovascular risk marker. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have waived their rights to receive accruing dividends in cash during the term of the notes, provided there is no event of default under the notes and the notes r...

Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces $1 Million Financing

...tional consideration, additional shares of common stock and warrants in accordance with a pre-determined formula. Under the Agreement, Mr. Gipson has waived his right to additional warrants. The securities offered and sold by Alseres in this private placement have not been registered under the Securi...

GlaxoSmithKline Announces Waiver of a Condition to the Tender Offer for Genelabs Technologies, Inc.

...e any governmental entity challenging the making or consummation of the offer or contemplated merger or seeking to enjoin the offer or merger. GSK has waived this condition solely to the extent that it would not be satisfied as a result of the fact that the putative shareholder class action lawsuit, Lanre R...

Resverlogix Eliminates Sixty Percent of Remaining Debt

...rtible debenture: - In addition to the March 31, 2009 restriction on the put option, the ability to put to the Company in common shares has been waived by the debt holders. - The remaining principal balance of $278,000 carrying a 15% interest rate from the January 2007 convertible debenture ...

HemoCue Receives First FDA CLIA Waiver in Diagnostics Industry for Quantitative Point-of-Care Test for Microalbuminuria, a Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Marker

...try. The FDA grants CLIA waivers to FDA 510(k)-cleared tests that are "simple" and have an "insignificant risk of producing an erroneous result." CLIA waived tests may be performed by non-laboratory trained health care workers at any facility that fulfills certain minimal requirements, such as holding a CLI...

Access Pharmaceuticals Appoints Jeffrey B. Davis as CEO

...d tax requirements, and to otherwise complete the merger in a timely manner, yet there can be no assurances that the closing conditions will be met or waived or that the transaction will close. These statements are subject to numerous risks, including but not limited Access' need to obtain additional financ...

Medicsight Welcomes U.S. Initiative to Reimburse CT Colonography for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

...ke CTC exams part of the "Welcome to Medicare" program in which Medicare beneficiaries would have their personal co-payments for virtual colonoscopies waived if the exam is conducted within the first six months of enrolment in Medicare, as is currently the case for optical colonoscopy examinations and mammo...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces $19.5 Million Recapitalization

...d tax requirements, and to otherwise complete the merger in a timely manner, yet there can be no assurances that the closing conditions will be met or waived or that the transaction will close. These statements are subject to numerous risks, including but not limited Access' need to obtain additional financ...

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Sterile infusion kit, standard configuration from Instech Solomon

Description:...tudies, Instech Solomon will hold a stock of your kits to cut lead times even further. The standard minimum order quantity is 25 kits. This minimum is waived on initial trial orders. There is no minimum order quantity on our generic kit, part no. KEX01. Example Kit: Rat Infusion Part Number LS22 ...
Company:Instech Solomon