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ASTar

Rapid AST results directly from positive blood cultures

ASTar is a fully-automated system for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). ASTar cuts the time to clinically actionable results and shortens time to optimal treatment to hours instead of days.

  • < 2 minutes hands-on-time
  • Random access
  • No need to wait for the pathogen to be identified
  • 24 antibiotics tested across a wide range of dilutions
  • Fastidious and non-fastidious pathogens
  • The only rapid AST panel to include Haemophilus influenzae
  • Actionable results within 6 hours
  • Controlled inoculum for reliable MIC values
  • Optimal therapy
  • Load a new sample at any time