At 09:38 AM 1/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>From: John Gentile [mailto:yjgent at home.com]
><mailto:[mailto:yjgent at home.com]>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 1:52 AM
>To: microbio at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk <mailto:microbio at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: R: API Rapid20E
>>I've used API's since the mid 70's and when I got to my present hospital
>(20yrs ago) they were using a Vitek (system #72). I hated it and wished I
>could use just the API's. Well, over the years they have vastly improved and
>after I went to St. Louis for training I became a real Vitek advocate. I
>never had any problems with bubbles - the trick is to make sure the filling
>tube is in tight and ALWAYS tap the corner of the card to send any bubbles
>up into the bubble trap.
>3 years ago we were forced to switch to MicroScan. Even after going to
>training I still prefer the Vitek. Now that I've moved out of micro I hear
>that the new techs really like the Microscan and all I can tell them is that
>you've never used the Vitek. I just trusted the Vitek results more. I even
>tried to prove which system had better agreement with KB. It was a wash-both
>scored about 95-96%. So I guess my trust in Vitek is just a feeling not
>backed up by any proof.
>>--
>John Gentile Rhode Island Apple Group
>yjgent at home.com <mailto:yjgent at home.com> Past
>President, Publicity Chairman
>"I never make mistakes, I only have unexpected learning opportunities"
> > From: wasgross at aol.com <mailto:wasgross at aol.com> (WasGross)
> > Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com <http://www.aol.com>
> > Newsgroups: bionet.microbiology
> > Date: 26 Dec 2000 00:32:40 GMT
> > Subject: Re: R: API Rapid20E
> >
> > I think it can often be what one is use to. Our lab uses Microscan
>(rapid
> > and conventional )and API 20E's (rarely). I can inoculate an API
>rather
> > quickly
> > but having also been in Micro for 26 years I gained experience
>with them when
> > we used them as the only ID system in our lab many years ago.
> > I found the bubbles in the Vitek cards a big pain. But I know labs
>that use
> > the Vitek and love it. The lab I work in has only "looked" at it
>and never
> > used
> > it on a regular basis.
> > What LIS does the lab you work in use, Judy?
> > Do you use Lim Broths for GBS?
> > I like to chat with other Clinical Lab Microbiologists.
> > Oh... I do not work for API or Microscan.
> >
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Department Of Geology
University Of Toronto
Toronto
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Ph 416-978-0549
fax 416-978-3938
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