Sensitivity/Specificity
e swabs
GX Systems
CT/NG
C360
200

This refers to a test's ability to identify an individual with disease as positive.  High sensitivity equals low chance of false negatives.

What is sensitivity?

200

Traditional rayon and throat swabs may trap organisms in the fibers.

What is a limitation of using cotton swabs?

200

The 10 color system is important to Cepheid's future because of this.

What is the enablement of broader mutliplexing and syndromic panel testing capabilities?

200

These are the targets for the Xpert CT/NG.

What is NG4, NG2, and CT?

200

This is what C360 does from a high level.

What is an aggregator of data from Genexpert systems and Xpert tests across the healthcare continuum?

400

This refers to a test's ability to identify an individual without disease as negative.  High specificity equals low chance of false positives.

What is Specificity?

400

This is the percentage pathogen recovery from the e swab.

What is 100%?

400

10 Color is not available on this Genexpert platform today.

What is the Infinity?

400

These are the specimen types that can be used with the CT/NG test.

What is Urine, Rectal, Pharyngeal, or Patient Collected swab?

400

C360 can assist with disease state surveillance when the customer sets up this trigger.

What is a threshold trigger?

600

This refers to the ratio of patients truly diagnosed as positive to all those who had a positive test result.

What is PPV or Positive Predictive Value?

600

For locations using antigen at POC, but also want a PCR test done, this is the number of swabs the patient will need to have administered.

What is two swabs?  Cotton and e swab

600

This term applies to Cepheid's easy-to-use random-access system developed to enable tests to run "on-demand" instead of in large batches.

What is random access?

600

These are the CDC guidelines for STI's.

What is:

Routine screening for women under 25

Routine screening for pregnant women under 25 

Screening for sexually active young males

Screening annually for sexually active MSM for pharyngeal gonorrhea and rectal chlamydia and gonorrhea using a NAAT

600

$0 related to C360 in this way.

What is the cost of Cepheid 360?

800
This is the FDA's requirement for Sensitivity and NPV to get a no culture confirmation claim.

What is 98% and 99%?

800

This is why a cotton swab can't be used with the Genexpert System.

We use High Flouresence.

800

These are the connectivity options for the GeneXpert.

What is 

LIS and POC Interfacing

Cepheid C360

Remote Support?

800

This STI has developed resistance to antibiotics.

What is Drug Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhea?

800

Some larger facilities may be concerned with who has access to their data so this can be deployed to only allow some users access to relevant information.

What is data segregation?

1000

This refers to the ratio of patients truly diagnosed as negative to all those who had a negative test result.

What is NPV or Negative Predictive Value?

1000

Cepheid's sensitivity and NPV are both this percentage compared to culture, especially with the e swab.

What is 100% Sensitivity and NPV?

1000

These are the CLIA waived tests currently available today.

What is Strep A, 4 Plex Plus, Covid only Plus, MVP, Flu/RSV, Flu, and Monkeypox?

1000

This ensures the sample contains adequately lysed human cells in regards to CT/NG testing.

What is SAC, or Sample Adequacy Control?

1000

This is one of the best aspects of Cepheid 360 from a support standpoint.

What is remote support?