TORCH and Special ID AssaysDelivering the clinical tools essential for healthy mother and baby outcomes.
Siemens Healthineers provides TORCH and special infectious disease assays for improved prenatal and specialty care. Empowering you to advance the health and vitality of women throughout the continuum of life - one test at a time. Your results. Her lifetime.
What is TORCH and Special ID?
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*System and assay availability is subject to local regulatory requirements.
Learn More About TORCH
Understanding this group of illnesses can help clinicians counsel their patients to help prevent infection and address fetal outcomes if infected. Patient history and risk factors guide prenatal and maternal testing for TORCH. These tests are often performed in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Assay Menu
Siemens Healthineers provides TORCH and Special ID testing solutions for diagnostic laboratories with a comprehensive assay menu.
** Toxoplasma IgM is under development on the ADVIA Centaur CP Immunoassay System.
† CMV IgM is not available for sale in the U.S. on the Atellica IM Analyzer and ADVIA Centaur IM Systems.
§ Under development. Not commercially available. Future availability cannot be guaranteed.
Comprehensive Infectious Disease Testing
From screening and diagnosis to therapy and monitoring, infectious disease solutions from Siemens Healthineers can give you the results you need, when you need them most.
Learn more about our broad portfolio of testing assays and diagnostic disciplines for common infectious diseases.
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* System and assay availability is subject to local regulatory requirements.
** Toxoplasma IgM is under development on the ADVIA Centaur CP Immunoassay System.
† CMV IgM is not available for sale in the U.S. on the Atellica IM Analyzer and ADVIA Centaur IM Systems.
§ Under development. Not commercially available. Future availability cannot be guaranteed.
References:
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2. https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Genital Herpes—CDC Fact Sheet. http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm. Updated February 19, 2016. Accessed September 8, 2016.
4. Wald A, Ashley-Morrow R. Serological testing for herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and HSV-2 infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(suppl 2):S173-S182.
The products/features (mentioned herein) are not commercially available in all countries. Due to regulatory reasons their future availability cannot be guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers organization for further details.
