1. NOVAmed Ltd Presents:
UTI-SET SYSTEM

2. 150 million UTI occur yearly on a global basis.
Urinary tract infections are one of the most common diagnoses in all over the world
Urinary tract infection (UTI) - a broad term used to describe bacterial infection of the urethra, bladder, and kidneys - is a problem frequently encountered by health care providers today.
150 million UTI occur yearly on a global basis.

3. The economic impact of UTI is a major factor affecting health care expenses today
Diagnosis of UTI accounts for an estimated 6 billion US dollars in health care expenditures.
Therefore, any advance in the diagnosis and treatment of this entity could have a major economic impact

4. Establishing a cost-effective strategy for managing of UTI is important economic aspect
Laboratory tests should be ordered only when the results are likely to alter the process or outcome of care.
All urine should be refrigerated if it is not cultured within 30 min of collection. Urine held at room temperature supports the growth of contaminants.
Antibiotic treatment should be prescribed only for as long as necessary to be effective.

5. UTI-SET System
Novamed’s proprietary and unique UTI-SET System for the collection, transport, processing and testing of urine
Universal Urine Specimen Container
Evacuated Urine Tube with Stabilizer
DipStreak® Urine Culture Device

6. There is no long wait while the specimen travels to the lab.
Each of these products is revolutionary and completely changes the old concept of urine examination!!!
The sampling takes place immediately and at the patient site or sample’s collection site!
There is no long wait while the
specimen travels to the lab.

7. Universal Urine Specimen Container (UUSC)
UUSC is a clear plastic urine collection cup with a capacity of up to 120 ml of urine, closed with a screw cap containing two sampling ports.

8. For collection, storage, transport and safe, convenient processing of urine specimens
(1) a luer adapter port with a needle, to be used with an evacuated urine tube for sediment microscopy and chemical analysis. It allows direct, fast and safe transfer of urine specimen to evacuated tube via vacuum pressure.
(2) a bacteriological sampling port, to be used with DipStreak® UCD or a bacteriological loop

9. “Flip cap” allows safe and easy access for bacteriological sampling
The principal improved feature of UUSC is a unique bacteriological sampling port with a user-friendly “flip-cap” placed on the main screw cap, allowing safe and easy access for bacteriological sampling.
UUSC can be discarded at the collection site immediately after performing the following two steps which comprise all you need for complete urine analysis.
No more transportation of urine cup to the lab!

10. Evacuated Urine Tube with Stabilizer
New UTI-SET System enables a clean transfer of the urine sample directly into Evacuated Urine Tube and significantly reduces the contamination risk for ward and laboratory staff.
The tubes are sterile, leak-proof and made out of clear unbreakable disposable plastic with a pre-defined vacuum for exact draw volumes.
The urine stabilizer is intended for stabilize urine specimens for delayed laboratory microscopic examination of urine sediment.

11. DipStreak® Urine Culture Device (UCD)
Novamed's DipStreak® UCD is a new, patented urine culture device that combines dipslide technology and a unique streaking inoculation mechanism, allowing the semi-automated inoculation of urine specimen by unskilled personnel at the collection site.
It is the perfect alternative to conventional Petri dish “gold standard” methodology.

12. DipStreak® is a patented, innovative diagnostic tool
It provides an easy method to accelerate detection of bacterial organisms in urine samples. As initiation of the urine culture is at the point-of-collection, the density of “organisms of interest” more accurately reflects the patient’s suspected bacteriuria.

13. What is DipStreak ®?
DipStreak® UCD comprises a plastic paddle with two types of agar attached back-to-back, housed in a closed transparent plastic tube.
A ring with elongated prongs is attached to the end of the paddle so that there are prongs on each side of the slide.

14. A Better Way to Inoculate Slide Agar
A transparent ring in the neck of the tube prevents the streaking prongs from moving when the paddle is reinserted into the screw-top tube. As the paddle is pushed down into the tube, three (3) sampling prongs streak and inoculate the surfaces of the bi-surfaced agar slide.

15. How to Use the DipStreak ®?1 2 3 4
Hold the tube on the table, unscrew the cap and pull out.
Dip approx half the length of the prongs into the sample.
Place the prongs gently on the opening of the tube.
Tap the cap firmly and close the cap.
Note: At the end of procedure the prongs remain on the top of the tube!

16. 107 cfu/ml Conventional Dipslide
An Unique Mechanism For Colony Isolation
After streaking, organism colony growth on the DipStreak® UCD occurs along three (3) discrete lines on each side of the bi-surfaced slide. Colony isolation from samples containing organism density as high as 107 organisms per milliliter can be easily visualized On an old-style dipslide, the same 107 sample yields an undifferentiated pattern of confluent growth.
107 cfu/ml DipStreak ® UCD
107 cfu/ml Conventional Dipslide

17. An Easier Way To Enumerate Growth
An easy bacterial counting by only comparison with attached colony density chart, excellent colony isolation and direct or presumptive identification of the species make it a perfect alternative to the conventional culture method for routine laboratory use.
Colonies:
CFU/ml:
<10
<103
<10
103
10-24
104
25-50
105

18. Direct pathogen identification
The use of chromogenic media increases the advantages of DipStreak® UCD, allowing for rapid direct or presumptive identification of common bacteria by distinct color differences among different types of organisms.
Thus, chromogenic media saves more time, reagents and labour on routine bacteriological ID tests and procedures.

19. The Results Speak for Themselves (1)

20. The Results Speak for Themselves (2)

21. Early and appropriate treatment of UTI, especially during the first 24 hours
On the basis of growth and presumptive or final (for E. coli) identification results, UTI can be confirmed and a group division of microorganisms can be confidently made.
The results obtained on the primary slide are enough for physician to appoint the preliminary therapy and to increase the chance of patient recovery with all logistic consequences.

22. UTI-SET System’s Advantages: Truthful of results
Reduced transport time prevents bacterial overgrowth and reduces unwanted false-positive results!

23. UTI-SET System's Advantages: Logistics’ benefit
Inoculated DipStreak® UCD can be incubated overnight at the collection site before their transfer to the laboratory, thereby negative results can be obtained next day morning and their transfer to the laboratory is eliminated.
Thus the laboratory can receive only positive specimens which account to less than 50% from all urine specimens.

24. UTI-SET System’s Advantages: Reduce overall expenses
The New UTI-SET System Processing Protocol is more economical in mass using because of reducing of total expenses of urine examination (time for urine specimen transporting, reagents, labour and unnecessary use of antibiotics).

25. UTI-SET System’s Advantages: Simplify and easy-to-use
The sampling procedure by all components of UTI-SET System is semiautomatic and could easily and correctly carry out by unskilled personnel or patient himself (!) and safely conveyed to the laboratory.

26. UTI-SET System’s Advantages: Safety
All components of UTI-SET System are the closed systems limiting direct contact of personnel with sample during handling and inoculation procedure and prevent the spreading of nosocomial bacteria in the hospital or community area.
Whether it be in a laboratory, on the ward or in a doctors surgery, the UTI-SET System is a hygienic multi-talent for use in various fields.