FAQs for Health Professionals - QuantiFERON
6 FAQ - Health Professionals 10/2016. 2. Congregate settings: Congregate settings are places where transmission of communicable diseases is a real risk. Focused screening for disease and LTBI prior to entry into congregate settings reduces TB transmission through early identification of TB and preventive treatment of those at risk of developing ...
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QuantiFERON -TB Gold Plus
www.quantiferon.com1107787 07/2017 To find out more about QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, visit www.QuantiFERON.com or contact your local QFT-Plus sales representative. QFT-Plus is an in vitro diagnostic aid for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. It uses a peptide cocktail simulating ESAT-6
QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus (QFT -Plus) ELISA Package Insert
www.quantiferon.comA newly infected individual can become ill from tuberculosis within weeks to months, but most infected individuals remain well. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), a noncommunicable asymptomatic condition, persists in some who might develop tuberculosis disease months or years later. The main purpose of diagnosing LTBI is to
QuantiFERON TB Gold ®(QFT ) ELISA Package Insert
www.quantiferon.comThe QFT test is performed in two stages. First, whole blood is collected into each of the QFT blood collection tubes, which include a Nil tube, TB Antigen tube, and a Mitogen tube. The Mitogen tube can be used with the QFT test as a positive control. This may be especially warranted where there is doubt as to the individual’s immune status.
Detect TB infection with confidence - QuantiFERON
www.quantiferon.comQuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus is the patient centered, more affordable way to test for TB infection that produces more accurate results than the century-old tuberculin skin test (TST). Sensitivity >94% Speci≤city >97% TST challenges QFT-Plus solutions Specificity as low as 59% in BCG-vaccinated patients (16)
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