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<br /> patient care<br /> www.practical-patient-care.com Issue 21 2018 • £31.00 €49.00 $65.00<br /> In association with:<br /> A different beat<br /> A call for fundamental reform in the diagnosis<br /> of cardiovascular disease in women<br /> Shock treatment Preferred posture<br /> Leading pharma experts elaborate Dr Philip Chen looks at the ergonomics<br /> on their R&D collaboration to develop a of the OR and the way in which<br /> companion diagnostics tool for sepsis doctors can best perform procedures<br /> DIAGNOSTICS • INFECTION CONTROL • WOUND CARE • ONCOLOGY<br /> Workflow<br /> Parallel sample processing offers the flexibility to<br /> run different tests and sample types at the same<br /> time:<br /> - Stool (cobas® Cdiff Test)<br /> - Nasal swab (cobas®<a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=1"> patient care www.practical-patient-care.com </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=2"> Workflow Parallel sample processing offers the fl</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=3"> the cobas® 4800 System Today! 2 ingle reac</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=4"> The widest, most flexible and adaptive </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=5"> From the editor On the web... Find news, trends, </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=6"> </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=7"> Contents In this issue 12</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=8"> Contents 46 The road ahead for antimicrob</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=9"> MEETING MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY DEMANDS THROUGH A</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=10"> The intelligence > News News A new anti</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=11"> The intelligence > News “[This includes] the po</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=12"> Patient monitoring Stay connected to what's vita</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=13"> Company insight The key to smarter in-hospital </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=14"> Insight > Diagnostics Shock </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=15"> Insight > Diagnostics may be no symptoms of a s</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=16"> Insight > Diagnostics in-vitro prototype assay </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=17"> Company insight > Diagnostics Market research i</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=18"> Company insight > Diagnostics Test panels to id</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=19"> Imagine Targeting Therapy for Septic Patients</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=20"> Company insight > Diagnostics Infection test fo</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=21"> </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=22"> ASTar™ – complete phenotypic AST in half the time</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=23"> Insight > Diagnostics Thewaytoa woman's </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=24"> Insight > Diagnostics Despite this, only 5</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=25"> Insight > Diagnostics the maleness of the condi</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=26"> Join the evolution and expand your molecular diag</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=27"> Consolidation and Innovation The Panther Fusion S</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=28"> Company insight > Diagnostics Education and awa</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=29"> Company insight > Diagnostics elevated or a fal</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=30"> Update on infection The European Congress of Cli</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=31"> Educational formats (meet-the-expert, workshops, </a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=32"> Company insight > Diagnostics The key to fast d</a> <a title="Practical Patient Care 021 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d514c3b8?page=33"> In here is more hope. 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