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Meet Eric, Maria, and Louis. All three have something in common. A risk for a sexually transmitted infection or STI. Each would benefit from knowing their STI status as quickly as possible. One doesn’t even have any symptoms, but would rather test than guess. 

Discover how easy it can be for them and their healthcare providers to get quick, confident, control over their sexual health with STI diagnostics at the Point of Care using the cobas® liat system.

Eric visits a clinic due to symptoms of urethritis or pain with urination and urethral discharge. He’s been worried about these symptoms and his urgent care doctor suspects an STI. Current guidelines would direct the urgent care team to treat this presentation of urethritis empirically, without waiting for lab results to return, which could take several days. 

This treatment would include coverage for gonorrhea infection, which is a large and painful injection. Fortunately, the care team has a cobas liat system with STI solutions—so the care team can confirm within 20 minutes that Eric’s symptoms are being caused by a Mycoplasma genitalium infection.

Gold-standard NAAT/PCR technology delivers the quality of centralized lab testing at the patient Point of Care. Those fast, definitive results reduced the need for patient follow-up and no need for the large, painful injection to cover for the gonorrhea.

Signs and symptoms of different STIs can overlap and are often non-specific, but can have different treatments. That’s the case for Maria.

Maria is in a lot of distress. The ED medical team suspects an STI based on examining her. Current guidelines recommend confirming the cause of the infection with testing, before providing treatment, but this is very difficult in a busy emergency department. But the ED has a cobas liat system with STI solutions, so the medical team can conclusively diagnose and treat Maria’s chlamydia infection immediately, without having her wait many hours in the ED and reducing the burden on the team to follow up on positive test results. 

Rapid PCR STI testing can differentiate your clinic by providing answers to patients and their partners who want to know their STI status right now. That’s the case for Louis. He doesn’t have symptoms but has just heard from a partner that they have been diagnosed with an STI, and so he might have it too. In 24 hours he leaves for an overseas vacation and he appreciates that in just 20 minutes he can know if he definitely needs treatment.

Testing positive for gonorrhea, Louis gets the appropriate targeted treatment he needs before leaving for vacation. This same-day diagnosis and treatment also eliminated the risk of loss to follow-up, giving both the patient and clinician peace of mind knowing they are getting and giving the right treatment.

Eric, Maria, and Louis all benefited from STI testing with the cobas liat system at the Point of Care.

In addition to regular and routine screening using lab NAAT testing via cobas® 5800, 6800, and 8800 systems, bring the confidence that comes from knowing “right now” to STI patients anywhere. This includes collaborating at the Point of Care in decentralized settings with primary and secondary care.

To help patients know if they have an STI as quickly as possible, provide testing with the cobas liat system at the Point of Care. You’ll get results in just 20 minutes, with the confidence of PCR accuracy and lab-quality, centralized control.