Research Finds Stand-Alone Sequencing Approach Is Accurate, Cost Effective For Analyzing Resistant Pathogens, Determining Healthcare-Associated Transmission

Healio (2/11, Stulpin) reports, “A stand-alone sequencing approach was accurate, cost effective and efficient for analyzing resistant pathogens and determining their health care-associated transmission, researchers found.” One investigator said Oxford Nanopore Technologies “sequencing might be incorporated into infection control initiatives to try to establish and ultimately prevent transmission of health care pathogens.” The findings were published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.