OSOM BV Blue and OSOM Trichomonas Test Kits

Hello! At my facility, we've implemented the OSOM BVBLUE Test for our physician practices. This test is both easy to use and reliable for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis (BV). Additionally, we test the pH of vaginal fluid using pH paper in conjunction with the OSOM BVBLUE Test to diagnose BV.

In my previous hospital, I frequently used the Trichomonas kit, which proved to be very reliable and effective in diagnosing Trichomonas. I believe it's a great idea to use both the OSOM BVBLUE Test and the Trichomonas kit together to provide a broad spectrum of diagnostic and treatment options.

Furthermore, we plan to fully discontinue PPM at these physician practices' offsite clinics due to the effectiveness of the tests we've implemented.

Hope this helps! Please reach out if you have more questions. Also, the validation process for these tests is very smooth and can be done fairly quickly.

Hello,

These kits can be useful if that is all that is available.  We have physician offices who utilize both the OSOM Trich and OSOM BV Blue kits but not as much as they used to due to result inconsistencies, providers not understanding the limitations of the tests, and workflow constraints (e.g., the BV Blue kit must be stored cold, result TAT = 10 mins not including prep) when considering short office visits.  The challenge here is that provider turnover results in knowledge loss of how to deploy the tests effectively.  With a lot of guidance (e.g., algorithms), providers may fare better.  These kits also cannot detect yeast, making the scope harder to replace.  If anything, I would suggest using the kits in conjunction with microscopy.  Our main hospital labs have begun using the Cepheid MVP panel, which has further reduced the need for this type of POC testing.

Hi! I've used both those tests at a previous hospital system and thought they were really easy to use. The BV test is cool to watch for the color change but there can be a slight increase in false positives because sialidase (the enzyme that is being tested for) can be found in normal flora near the cervix.  So the provider has to be careful to only swab in the lower 1/3 of the vaginal canal.  Additionally, the other issue we had (at the time) was that we were still unable to remove PPM/Wet Preps because there was no waived yeast test.  So, the providers wouldn't let us remove wet prep.  Adding the waived tests just ended up adding to our workload.  In my current system, however, we were able to remove the scopes because our system uses the Cepheid MVP panel (waived) and they still get that same day.  We just didn't have that option "back in the day".  Hope that helps! Mary