VITEK® 2
Fully integrated Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
VITEK® 2, the leading automated system for routine antimicrobial susceptibility testing, provides efficient workflow, faster AST results. Its fully-integrated ID & AST approach ensures superior performance to rapidly and confidently guide therapy.
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System Overview
Fast and accurate ID & AST* results offer critical insights for antimicrobial stewardship. Constant innovation that responds to new antimicrobial resistance challenges makes VITEK® 2 the leading automated system for routine AST testing. It's trusted worldwide for its efficient workflow, faster routine AST results and fully integrated ID & AST approach offering superior performance.
With the rise of antimicrobial resistance, detection of pathogens is more complex. The VITEK® 2 system continuously evolves and innovates to align with microbiology lab challenges ensuring result reporting in as early as 6-8 hours with real-time updates to help clinicians prescribe more targeted therapy choices earlier.
Combining an automated platform with an expansive database, the VITEK® 2 system offers the confidence of fast, accurate results. Its smart design helps ensure better overall laboratory workflow with fewer repetitive tasks and improved standardization.
FASTER ROUTINE AST RESULTS. FASTER THERAPY GUIDANCE
- Continuous growth monitoring technology
- Automated transfer of validated results
- Preliminary AST results to inform clinicians earlier
- Accurate MIC compliant with EUCAST/CLSI or FDA standards
EFFICIENT WORKFLOW EFFICIENT LAB
- Shortest hands-on time: 40-50% fewer steps than other systems1, 2
- Standardized, fully traceable workflow designed to be rapid and reliable
- Simple & flexible to use for time-savings
- Automated validation of every single AST result for microbiology with confidence
- Efficient lab operation with standardization of preparation activities leveraged by VITEK® STATION, VITEK® FLEXPREPTM and VITEK® DENSICHECK®
FULLY-INTEGRATED ID & AST FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
- VITEK® MS PRIME for ID in minutes integrates seamlessly with VITEK® 2 AST results
- Simple automated reports and data insights with VITEK® 2 and MAESTRIATM
- Improve patient outcomes by reducing length of hospital stays by average 4 to 7 days2, 3
- Largest bug/drug combinations maintained overtime (embedded expertise with the ADVANCED EXPERT SYSTEM™ (AES) over 15 000 combinations)
VITEK® SOLUTIONS for all Laboratories
VITEK® 2 is endlessly flexible to fit various sizes and types of laboratories – and it even grows with you as your needs change.
- For a completely integrated ID and AST system with Mass Spectrometry technology, the VITEK® MS PRIME complements the VITEK® 2 system and pairs seamlessly via MAESTRIA™
- Increase testing capacity with the VITEK® 2 XL (120 cards) versus VITEK® 2 (60 cards)
*ID & AST: Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
References
1. Rommier W et al. Analysis of the Comparative Workflow and ID/AST Test Result Accuracy of the VITEK® 2 Compact and the Phoenix Systems. ASM 2006; Poster C-123.
2. Heller-Ono A et al. Ergonomic Analysis Comparison of the VITEK® 2 and VITEK® 2 Compact with the Microscan WalkAway® 96 and Phoenix™ For Work Flow Efficiency and the Likelihood of Distal Upper Extremity Strain. bioMérieux White Paper, 2008. [days less in general ward; 7 days less in ICU in combination with Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and MALDI-TOF/VITEK®]
3. Cavalieri SJ et al. Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship with Rapid MALDI-TOF Identification and VITEK® 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on Hospitalization Outcome. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2019; Vol 92 (2):208-211.
