The BioStar Acceava Strep A Dipstick and NEW Twist tests deliver excellent sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of Group A Strep with a simple, easy-to-use procedures that provide an answer in 5 minutes.

Performance and BioStar’s value-added services enable you to provide improved patient care with a test that fits the staffing requirements of waived laboratories. Find out what value we bring to your daily testing routine.

Easy-to-Use

• Results in Five Minutes or Less
• One Minute Hands-On
• Walk-away Flexibility / Room Temperature Storage
• On-board extraction

Acceava Value

• Cost-Effective Diagnosis of Strep A
• Affordably priced for any setting
• Accuracy and simplicity reduce staff hands-on time and activities

Better Medicine

The most sensitive CLIA-waived rapid Strep A test available; the BioStar Acceava Strep A Test is significantly more sensitive with low to moderate positives than other CLIA waived rapid antigen tests; helps decrease the spread of infection and risk of complications.

Results in Minutes

Patients and parents may return to normal activities faster; unnecessary use of antibiotics is avoided.

Acceava Strep A Dipstick procedure

Add reagents to tube. Add four drops each of Reagents 1 and 2.

Add patient sample. Place patient swab into tube and mix well. Remove swab after one minute.

Place Test Strip into Sample Tube.

Read result in 5 minutes. For full instructions, see package insert.

Acceava Strep A Twist procedure

Add reagents to well. Add five drops each of Reagents
1 and 2.

Add patient sample. Place patient swab into well and mix well. Remove swab after one minute.

Remove swab, twist valve to Open position.

Read result in 5 minutes. For full instructions, see package insert.

About Group A Streptococcus

Group A Streptococcus is a major cause of upper respiratory infections such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and scarlet fever. Early diagnosis and treatment of Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis has been shown to reduce the severity of symptoms and further complications, such as rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis.¹

Conventional methods used for the detection of the disease depend on the isolation and subsequent identification of the organism.^1,2 These methods often require 24-48 hours to complete. Recent developments of immunologic techniques, which can detect Group A Streptococcal antigen directly from throat swabs, allow physicians to diagnose and administer therapy immediately.^3,4

References

1. Facklam FR, Carey RB. Streptococci and Aerococci. In: Lennette EH, Balows A, Hausler WJ, Shadomy HJ, eds. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 4th edition. American Society for Microbiology. 1985:154-175.
2. Levinson ML, Frank PF. Differentiation of group A from other beta hemolytic streptococci with bacitracin. J Bacteriol. 1995;69:284-287.
3. Edwards EA, Phillips IA, Suiter WC. Diagnosis of group A streptococcal infections directly from throat secretions. J Clin Microbiol. 1982;15:481-483.
4. Gupta R, Talwar GP, Gupta SK. Rapid antibody capture assay for detection of group A streptococci using monoclonal antibody and colloidal gold-monospecific polyvalent antibody conjugate. J Immunoassay. 1992;13:441-445.