Oxoid is offering a convenient enzyme immunoassay for the rapid and reliable detection of norovirus, the virus responsible for 'winter vomiting disease'.
The Ideia Norovirus provides results in less than two hours, allowing outbreaks to be identified quickly and enabling appropriate measures to contain the outbreak to be initiated at the earliest opportunity.
Norovirus is extremely infectious and can spread rapidly throughout an institution.
It is particularly common in semi-closed environments, such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools and cruise ships, where there is a high concentration of people who are susceptible to infection, namely children, the elderly and those with underlying disease.
Timely identification of the etiological agent, combined with appropriate infection control procedures, can help to reduce the impact of norovirus outbreaks.
Ideia Norovirus is quick and easy to perform, detects norovirus directly in stool samples, and is suitable for manual or automated testing.
Such rapid and reliable results are of value to those involved in the investigation and prevention of norovirus outbreaks, including microbiology laboratories, infection control teams, surveillance teams and cruise ship operators.
Ideia Norovirus is one of a range of Ideia kits for the detection of the four leading causes of viral gastroenteritis: norovirus, rotavirus, astrovirus and adenovirus.
Each kit follows a similar protocol and can be performed individually or in a panel, using a single sample dilution.
