Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

ACON Laboratories, Inc. today announced the retail availability of the first FDA-cleared home test which allows families to identify four major respiratory infections, including Respiratory Syncytial ...

Used with the cobas ® 5800, 6800 and 8800 systems, cobas Respiratory 4-flex simultaneously detects and differentiates the four most common respiratory viruses, helping to ensure confidence in ...

Physicians are more likely to order respiratory pathogen testing since the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting testing rates and costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has had numerous effects on medical practice, not ...

Spending on respiratory pathogen testing at U.S. children’s hospitals has surged more than fourfold since 2016, as testing rates climbed from 13.6% of emergency department visits to 62.2% in 2022, ...

(RTTNews) - Roche (RHHBY) said it has launched three molecular PCR diagnostic test panels to simultaneously detect and differentiate common respiratory pathogens. They are influenza A, influenza B and ...

Becton, Dickinson and Co.’s (BD) diagnostic tool that can check for COVID-19, the flu or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been available in certain European countries since last year. Now, it’s ...

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Provista Diagnostics, a clinical diagnostics lab owned by medical diagnostics company Todos Medical, cleared all necessary hurdles to begin producing its new respiratory test ...

Respiratory virus season is in full swing across California, with several illnesses spreading across the state. Cases of ...

WHEN OSHA's revised Respiratory Protection Standard for General Industry, 29 CFR 1910.134, became effective on April 8, 1998, it provided employers with an all-inclusive reference source for fit ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Sept. 25 issued a final rule approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in its Respiratory Protection ...