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Comparative Study
. 1991 Jan;44(1):58-60.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.44.1.58.

Evaluation of Clinitek 200 and Rapimat II/T for screening for urinary tract infection

R A Bowman  1 , T V Riley
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Comparative Study

Evaluation of Clinitek 200 and Rapimat II/T for screening for urinary tract infection

R A Bowman et al. J Clin Pathol. 1991 Jan.

Abstract

Two machines, the Clinitek 200 and the Rapimat II/T, were evaluated for their ability to screen urine samples for significant bacteriuria and other elements indicative of urinary tract pathology. The automated screening procedures were compared with a conventional approach of microscopy and quantitative culture for 1020 urine specimens obtained from patients in a 700 bed general hospital. When compared with the bacterial culture method both machines gave identical results with a negative predictive value of 0.99, while when compared with microscopy alone the Clinitek 200 and Rapimat II/T gave negative predictive values of 0.92 and 0.87, respectively. It is concluded that both machines would provide cost effective screening of urine specimens.

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