Mountlake Terrace Chapter Meeting

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 12:00-2:30pm

Mountlake Terrace Chapter Meeting

Mountlake Terrace Senior Community Center

Lakeview Room 23000 Lakeview Drive

Mountlake Terrace WA 98043

Speaker: Dr. Myles Yu, Chief Medical Officer with Fidalab

Topic: Molecular UTI Testing Using Modern Technology

UTI is the most common bacterial infection and major cause of morbidity US. The elderly are particularly susceptible with potential dire consequences including hospital admission, fall, urosepsis, and death. The current gold standard diagnostic test for UTI is conventional urine culture which suffers from suboptimal test sensitivity and lengthy test time (3-5 days). In contrast, the new nucleic acid amplification-based assay (quantitative PCR) offers urinary tract pathogen identification and antibiotic resistance pattern within 24 hours with an extremely high test accuracy. In addition, PCR test brings in such practical conveniences as in-house collection of urine samples without the need of sending the patients out to hospital or of being catheterized and non-interference from antibiotic that patient is already on. All these contribute to better management of UTI cases in your facility.

1.5 CEU’s available for all AFH Council members who attend