Is it cost effective to use C. DIFF CHEK™?
The answer depends on the current test you are using. If you are using a tissue culture assay C. DIFF CHEK™ reduces your workload by screening out about 75% to 80% of the samples, and thus is cost effective. In other words, if you test 100 samples using C. DIFF CHEK™, only about 25 to 30 will be positive and need to be further tested by tissue culture assay. You do not have to wait for the tissue culture results before reporting the 75 to 80 samples as negative. You may report the negative results in about an hour and report a “caution” for the remaining 25 to 30. The quick determination of the negative results may reduce unnecessary patient isolation and preventive measurements that are costly. If you are using an expensive toxin EIA, it might be economically feasible to use the C. DIFF CHEK™ screen test first and test only the positive samples using your toxin EIA.
