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Automation of Blood Cultures Using Copan’s WASPLab® Total Lab Automation System

ASM Microbe 2026

American Society for Microbiology, Annual Conference

Washington, DC, June 4-8, 2026

Poster presentation: Automation of Blood Cultures Using Copan’s WASPLab® Total Lab Automation System

Authors: Patel R, Rana B, Farrington M, Lozano SC, Uprety p

Medical Specialty: Infectious disease

Publication
First Description of the Performance of the VITEK MITUBE Device Used With MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Achieve Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria Directly From Positive Blood Culture Broth
Conference Presentation
Performance of Copan’s Colibrí™ System for Automated Microbial identification on MALDI-TOF
Test FAQ
Culture, Blood with Reflex Molecular Identification
Conference Presentation
Evaluation of Copan's Colibrí™ for Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing—A Study from a High-Volume Reference Laboratory
Conference Presentation
Extended Stability of Bacterial Cultures in COPAN ESwab® Liquid Transport System: A Study from a High-Volume Reference Laboratory
Publication
Performance of the LIAISON PLEX Gram-Negative Blood Culture Assay for Identifying Bacterial Pathogens and Resistance Genes in Blood Cultures

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