Country: England
What infection type does your test focus on? Urinary Tract Infection
What does your test detect? Pathogen(s) , Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern
About the Team:
The technology is designed for point of care use, such that the physician can detect (Test1: Sensitivity 97.1%, Specificity 92%) a UTI in 5 mins then (Test2) confidently prescribes a suitable antibiotic to treat the identified infection whilst the patient is present. Data indicates 30% of patients (human Medical Centre clinical evaluation data) treated empirically ( a mix of infection-resistant first antibiotic prescribing and UTI-negative patients who are treated inappropriately) would benefit from adoption of the Test & Treat technology.
Test & Treat technology provides quantitative antibiotic susceptibility in 30mins (with sensitivity and specificity >90%) on first line antibiotic treatment of UTI. The technology, based on ATP bioluminescence, is now being commercialised in partnership with Abtek Biologicals, Liverpool.
Test & Treat is a UK limited company, formed September 2017 (Company Number 10971513).
