The TLc test, though, has proven 95 percent accurate, compared to traditional blood tests, according to a study published in the Pediatrics medical journal.
''It should make a big difference,'' said Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician in San Mateo, Calif., who also runs a pediatric Web site.
His site get one million hits a month!!!
The noninvasive test will ensure that more babies get tested and speed up the time it takes for doctors to get results from a several hours to a few minutes, he said.
''This device will be extremely welcomed,'' said Dr. James Lemons, a neonatologist at Indiana University Medical Center and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' fetus and newborn care committee.
The TLc device costs between $3,000 and $5,000 depending on the model, and then each test cost about $10, about the same as a blood test, McFarlene said.
300 machines and 130,000 individual tests have been shipped. More should be shipped soon. The initial shipments add up to about $2,500,000.00 in revenue if we average the machines cost in at $4000.00. More machines and TLc tests will be shipped soon, in my opinion, because so far all we have seen is the initial orders:
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Things should be improving soon for CCSI shareholders because pediatricians should prefer this kind of test to a heel stick any day of the week.
''All parents prefer not have their baby stuck,'' said Dr. Ian Holzman, chief of the division of newborn medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital and chief investigator of the TLc studies at the facility.
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