Internal Reference Number: FOI_8787
Date Request Received: 22/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 28/07/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from 91影视 NHS Foundation Trust. Please may you provide me with the information for the following: Testing and Management Protocols for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) 1.1. Does your trust have a clinical protocol for testing and managing patients for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)? If yes: a) Is your CRE testing protocol primarily molecular-based? b) If not, please specify which type of testing protocol is followed. 1.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for CRE from? | |
| Answer To Question 1: 1) - yes 1a mixture of culture and molecular b) mixture of culture and molecular 1.2) Cepheid | |
| Question Number 2: Testing Protocols for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) Infection 2.1. Does your trust have a formal protocol for testing patients for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection? If yes: a) Is your C. difficile testing protocol molecular-based? b) If not, please specify the testing method used. 2.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for C. difficile from? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 2.1 yes 2.1a) Yes with antigen 2.1b) 鈥� cepheid 2.2) Cepheid | |
| Question Number 3: Testing and Procurement for Tuberculosis (TB) Resistance 3.1. What methods does your trust use to test for tuberculosis (TB) resistance? 3.2. Which diagnostic companies or providers does your trust procure molecular testing kits for services for TB resistance from? | |
| Answer To Question 3: 3.1 molecular plus reference laboratory 3.2 cepheid | |
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