August 14, 2023 – Rhinostics has been selected to exhibit its RHINOstic® Automated Swab platform at the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange. Vizient, Inc, the nation’s largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company, will hold the Exchange on Oct. 3 in Grapevine, Texas.
The annual Innovative Technology Exchange offers selected suppliers the unique opportunity to demonstrate their product or service to supply chain and clinical leaders from Vizient’s member hospitals and subject matter experts who serve on their supply councils. Each product or service will showcase how it improves clinical outcomes, enhances safety or drives incremental improvements to health care delivery or business models.
The RHINOstic® system enables the first handsfree swab diagnostic workflow, replacing manual procedures to bring swabs into assay workflows. The system integrates a stacked-ring polypropylene swab with an automated tube cap to reduce human contact. After a patient sample is collected, the swab is placed into a collection tube for dry shipment, reducing sample loss during transport and accidental biohazard contact. When it reaches the lab, the RHINObot™ Decapper robotically removes the swab and links it to downstream liquid handlers and automated assay workflows. Globally, laboratories have used the swabs for COVID-19 testing, multi-analyte respiratory testing, vaginal and triple-site collection for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), wounds, and other swab sample types.
The annual Innovative Technology Exchange is part of Vizient’s Innovative Technology Program that includes product review of supplier-submitted technologies by member-led councils and task forces. Since 2003, Vizient has reviewed over 1,600 product submissions as part of its Innovative Technology Program.