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Save time needed to identify difficult organisms in Microbiology

Submitted by Yasmeen Khan on February 5, 2014 - 3:56pm Last revised by Web Producer on March 13, 2014 - 12:43pm.
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Purchase of a Mass Spec would help in ID of difficult organisms freeing up a lot of time in the lab and possibly freeing up FTE for possible transfer to the new hospital.

 

The Mass Spec will increase productivity and the turn around time of Microbiology Results. 

 

 

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