UTI responsible for 47% of Gram-negative blood infections
The report Preventing healthcare associated gram-negative bacterial blood infections was issued by Public Health England and NHS Improvement on 3rd May… Read More
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The magic that is urine: why reliable specimens matter.
MAMA Academy is a leading charity that provides mothers and midwives with unbiased education, research and information around pregnancy and the arrival of the next… Read More
Daily Telegraph Business Reporter: accurate urine analysis is a national lottery.
Liquid gold: urine is the unsung hero of modern medicine & health economy “In some parts of the UK over 70% of patients expecting to… Read More
Latest Lifescience Industry magazine: Making urine collection more reliable
UK Lifescience Magazine out online today features Forte Medical’s Peezy Midstream MedTech: “For prompt diagnoses, right-first-time analysis is vital. Peezy Midstream enables clinicians to more… Read More
Shocking report: UTI test used by GPs gives wrong results in at least a fifth of cases
The Guardian newspaper today reports on a new clinical study that confirms the unreliability of routine urine testing for Urinary Tract Infection. Over 30m women… Read More
Forte Medical finalist in SEHTA Business Awards
Forte Medical: Innovation Finalist The prestigious South East Health Technology Alliance Business Awards last night recognised Forte Medical and our Peezy Midstream MedTech. The hotly… Read More
Why common urine-based diagnoses fail.
Reliable urine collection? Read Giovanna’s post about woeful national results around urine specimen collection contamination rates – from 0.08% to 70.58% – that make accurate… Read More
Texas: land of clinical and procurement collaboration
Forte Medical is just back from a successful and educational ABHI MedTech Mission to Texas. The most valuable intelligence we gleaned was the way… Read More
NHS National Research Institute Usability Study Results
Forte Medical is delighted to release usability data on Peezy Midstream. The research was conducted by the NHS National Research Institute with the Trauma Management… Read More
Right-first-time: raising the bar at NHS Wakefield.
“If you don’t get it right first time, money is wasted by inefficiencies.” Dr Philip Earnshaw, Wakefield GP, CCG Chair:… Read More