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Margrét Geirsdóttir
Project Manager
mg@matis.is
Matís ohf's microbiology department is asking its customers to limit sampling this week due to the heavy workload in the department due to research into the source of a group infection caused by Shiga-toxin producing E.coli (STEC), cf. press release from the Medical Director of Health. Of course, all priority samples and necessary samples are maintained to maintain the normal processing and operation of companies.
Since 2015, the Matís laboratory has been a reference laboratory for STEC and has worked to build up expertise and measurement capacity in Iceland. Through the network of the European Reference Laboratory, Matís participates in international collaborations in developing methods, assessing the spread and strengthening knowledge of STEC in food, the environment and patients. Matís offers diagnoses of STEC, both basic analyzes and complete analysis of positive samples to trace the origin of the infection.