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Becton Dickinson, an international health care technology company, has two systems that were developed at the corporate R&D centre and are in routine use by customers.
1. QBC (TM) Reference System: This system is integrated into the QBC haematology analyser product line and provides possible medical interpretations of a patient’s haematologic test results. It is used primarily in physicians’ office laboratories.
2. The Sceptor (TM) MIC interpreter: This system is integrated into the Data Management Centre for the Sceptor line of microbial detection instruments. The instrument determines the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration values (i. e. the minimum amount of an antibiotic needed to kill bacteria) for a variety of drugs; from these values, the expert system generates a clear interpretation of whether the drugs will be effective against the organism. The rules for this system are based on the National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards’ guidelines for MIC interpretation. The Sceptor system is used primarily by hospital microbiology labs.
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