TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) today announced that the Company has submitted a 510(k) application to the FDA for Gram-negative menu expansion and breakpoint updates for the Accelerate PhenoTest^® BC kit. Included in the submission are additional escalation and de-escalation agents for Gram-negative organisms, additional antibiotics for Acinetobacter baumannii, and breakpoint updates. These updates add oral de-escalation antibiotic options for clinicians to use, which can assist with expediting patient discharge plans.

Jack Phillips, Chief Executive Officer of Accelerate Diagnostics, stated, "We are very excited to offer this updated PhenoTest panel, which adds meaningful new antibiotic choices for clinicians to minimize time to optimal therapy for patients with bloodstream infections. These additions and improvements will increase the value of the Pheno system in hospitals across the country, enhancing the clinical value labs have been experiencing for the past several years. We continue to innovate to provide laboratories with lifesaving technology for patients with serious infections."

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenges of antibiotic resistance and sepsis. The Accelerate Pheno^® system and Accelerate PhenoTest^® BC kit combine several technologies aimed at reducing the time clinicians must wait to determine the most optimal antibiotic therapy for deadly infections. The FDA cleared system and kit fully automate the sample preparation steps to report phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility results in approximately 7 hours direct from positive blood cultures. Recent external studies indicate the solution offers results 1–2 days faster than existing methods, enabling clinicians to optimize antibiotic selection and dosage specific to the individual patient days earlier.

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