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For Immediate Release
Date: March 30, 2004
Contact: Liz Lloyd, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 800.871.8909 ext. 109

TREK Diagnostics Launches SWIN™ and ARIS® 2X to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

Cleveland, Ohio – March 30, 2004 – TREK Diagnostic Systems announced the commercial release of its SWIN (Sensititre® for Windows®) Software and ARIS 2X automated ID/AST system today.

SWIN and ARIS 2X are an automated ID/AST system developed for the microbiology laboratory to combat growing antimicrobial resistance concerns.

SWIN Software is the new, user-friendly, one-touch package that streamlines laboratory workflow. SWIN features an intelligent and customizable Expert System to permit appropriate intervention for organisms with unusual resistance patterns. The new software package also offers unique and easy export of data results to EXCEL or ACCESS to ensure antibiogram compliance with current and future NCCLS recommendations, and distinct, color-coded identification parameters to allow immediate recalculation of results, reducing labor and saving costs.

“After seeing the Expert System, we were really sold on the overall product,” commented Sandi Larison, MT (ASCP), Microbiology Supervisor at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande, Oregon, who has been using SWIN software as a Limited Release customer since October 2003. “We can honestly say we love the software. It is very user-friendly. We really like the expert comments and the quality control package. The lab technologists here love the QC module, expert rules, and the ease-of-use.”

Offering improved automated plate inventory, reading, and report capabilities, with no “reagent additions”, ARIS 2X provides consistent performance, requires little maintenance and offers the fewest restrictions of any automated ID/AST system.

“SWIN provides clinical microbiology laboratories with many options,” commented Jenny Lorbach, Global Sensititre Product Manager. “The system provides an easy workflow to setup and read ID and susceptibility plates. In addition, the Expert System provides clinical accounts with an up-to-date list of important resistant profiles that can be easily customized as needed. The system also provides a mechanism to easily export data into Excel or Access programs for additional data summaries.”

The Sensititre product line offers the greatest number of FDA cleared antimicrobics, with the least number of restrictions, which eliminates multiple offline test procedures and saves time and expense for the laboratory. Sensititre’s true MIC readings in accordance with NCCLS recommendations ensure accurate endpoint results leading to better patient care. The excellent quality and consistent results of Sensititre products lead pharmaceutical companies to choose Sensititre for surveillance studies and clinical trials, and Sensititre’s extended shelf life and room temperature storage simply inventory control concerns and reduce storage and expiry costs.

Founded in January 1999, TREK Diagnostic Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of automated systems and consumable products for the microbiology diagnostic laboratory. Signature product lines include VersaTREK®, ESP®, Sensititre®, alamarBlue®, para-JEM®, YeastOne®, onSite®, and TREK Lab Services. TREK is committed to delivering the highest quality products and services to clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories worldwide.