BacLite Rapid MRSA Clinical Performance

Solventum US LLC

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Methicillin Resistance

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00541632

010737

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the performance of the 3M(TM) BacLite (TM) Rapid MRSA test system to traditional culture methods in detecting the presence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) directly from nasal samples.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects 18 years or older
• Subjects willing to document demographic characteristics
• Subjects willing to have their nose swabbed
• Subjects (or legal representative) willing to sign consent and authorization forms

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who use Vicks Sinex Nasal spray or other nasal sprays
• Subjects with prescribed nasal medical devices where collecting samples may resent more than minimal risk to subjects
• Subjects having nasal prosthetics, jewelry or trauma to the nose or anything that may prevents sampling the anterior nares
• Investigator believes that subject is unsuitable for inclusion.