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Jo Win posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Said: cepheid
Kat Martin posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Said: I have used both as a bench tech. Coming from the point of view of a bench tech, I'd definitely say the Cepheid. The incubation time on the ID NOW is just long enough that you can walk away and forget to add the sample before it times o...
Kayla Cooper posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Said: Cepheid! ID Now has too many parts, too many areas for pre-analytic errors.
Paulina Miczko posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Said: We currently use ID Nows in an outpatient area and decided not to implement into the Emergency Department and go with the Xpress instead. The ID NOW has a reagent warm up time where users need to wait 5 minutes before they can proceed w...
Jewell Billings posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Said: Cepheid. You can get a 4 module instrument and do 4 at a time. Easier test preparedness. I have used both and I believe Cepheid is a better choice.
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