H.E.R.O.™ Solutions
Helping to Improve Healthcare Efficiencies, Results, & Outcomes





Be the Hero of your institution by relying on the wide range of H.E.R.O. Solutions available to you from BD including:

HAI* Prevention and Management
Blood Culturing
Identification and Susceptibility
Lean Microbiology
Data Management

BD Diagnostics is recognized as the worldwide leader in providing the most relevant, rapid, high quality solutions for clinical microbiology and infection control.

From specimen collection through final report, improve outcomes, everywhere, every time.


*Healthcare-associated infections

H.E.R.O. Solutions for HAI Prevention and Management

Preventing the spread of drug-resistant bacteria is essential to any infection prevention and control program. Active surveillance testing for MRSA and VRE colonization is a proven, essential intervention strategy for preventing multidrug-resistant organism-associated HAIs, and is recommended by CDC, SHEA, APIC and IHI. 1-4


H.E.R.O. Solutions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Detection
BBL™ CHROMagar™ MRSA
  • Meets the FLEXIBLE NEEDS of the laboratory with simple, flexible and accurate screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  • POSITIVE RESULTS are available in as little as 20 HOURS


BD GeneOhm™ MRSA Assay

ACCURACY that meets and exceeds guidelines

LAB RESULTS WITHIN 2 HOURS versus 2-3 days

EARLIER INTERVENTION:

  • Aids in the identification, prevention and control of MRSA
  • Facilitates earlier intervention to prevent transmission and infection
  • Can help control costs


H.E.R.O. Solutions for Blood Culturing
BD BACTEC™ FX

WORKFLOW EFFICIENCIES:

  • Vial Activated Workflow — reduction in “hands-on time”
  • Remote Blood Culture Observation and Alarms — reduction in interruptions, accommodates reduced late-shift staffing

ACTIONABLE RESULTS:

  • Multi-instrument Integration — Easy access to critical data with BD EpiCenter™


H.E.R.O. Solutions for Identification of MRSA/SA from Positive Blood Culture
BD GeneOhm™ StaphSR

2 HOUR laboratory results VERSUS 2-3 DAYS

SIMPLE, USER-FRIENDLY WORKFLOW

AIDS IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF MRSA/SA and potential contaminants such as Coagulase Negative Staphylococci



H.E.R.O. Solutions for Identification and Susceptibility
BD Phoenix™ and Phoenix™ AP

RAPID ID/AST RESULTS

AUTOMATED DETECTION of emerging resistance

INTERFACES to the BD EpiCenter™

ONLY AUTOMATED nephelometry system for ID/AST

STANDARDIZED isolate inoculum

REDUCES technologist's "HANDS-ON TIME"



H.E.R.O. Solutions for Lean Microbiology
BBL™ CHROMagar™ Media

Enhance VISUAL DIFFERENTIATION of colonies with highly specific chromogenic reactions

DECREASE material and labor costs



H.E.R.O. Solutions for Data Management
BD EpiCenter™

SEAMLESSLY CONNECTS to all microbiology systems

MULTIPLE EXPERT SYSTEMS improve result accuracy and consistency



1. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/dhqp/pd/ar/mdroguideline2006.pdf
2. www.shea-online.org/assets/files/position_papers/SHEA_MRSA_VRE.pdf
3. www.ihi.org
4. Huang, S.S., Yokoe, D.S. Hinrichsen, V.L., et al. Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. CID. 2006:43:971-8.
5. www.apic.org

CHROMagar is a trademark of Dr. A. Rambach.