Smiths Detection confirms BioFlash detects airborne SARS-CoV-2 variants including Delta and Delta plus
13 Octubre 2021 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Confirmation of additional emerging variant
detection underway
Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and
security screening technologies, today confirms that its air
sampler, BioFlash®, can detect SARS-CoV-2 variants including the
Alpha variant (B.1.1.7), Beta variant (B.1.351), Gamma variant
(P.1), the Kappa variant (B1.617.1), Delta (B.1.617.2) and Delta
plus variant (B.1.617.2.1). The company is currently confirming the
ability to detect the Lambda variant, with results likely available
in Autumn.
In January, Smiths Detection announced that BioFlash was capable
of detecting airborne SARS-CoV-2 by the United States Army of
Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), and
has been successfully used by several Universities to stop the
spread of COVID-19 following airborne detection in several campus
buildings.
“It has been a great asset to have this equipment at UMBC. As
everyone knows, you need a layered protection strategy to combat
COVID. BioFlash is easy and fast to use which makes it a critical
part of our mitigation strategy to help prevent transmission,” said
Mike Pound, Director of Environmental Health and Safety for
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
“Emerging variants are a threat to pandemic recovery; however,
mitigation strategies that utilize BioFlash will have an advantage.
BioFlash works by collecting aerosols and identifies the presence
of dangerous pathogens using sensitive, specific and rapid
detection in near-real time without laboratory analysis. Not only
can BioFlash detect COVID-19 and its variants, it can be used by
anyone, giving them immediate results, in minutes not days, which
helps stop the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne pathogens.”
Explains Warren Mino, Managing Director, Smiths
Detection.
ENDS
About Smiths Detection
Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group, is a global leader in
threat detection and screening technologies for aviation, ports and
borders, defence and urban security markets. Our experience and
history across more than 40 years at the frontline enables us to
deliver the solutions needed to protect society from the threat and
illegal passage of explosives, prohibited weapons, contraband,
toxic chemicals and narcotics.
Our goal is simple – to provide security, peace of mind and
freedom of movement upon which the world depends.
For more information visit http://www.smithsdetection.com/
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