FAQs

BacDR is an AI enabled web tool for testing bacterial drug resistance from Mueller Hinton agar plates used in conventional culture methodology (aka the disc diffusion method).

• Model trained agsint ~36k data points across all clases of antibiotics

• Verified performance - Accuracy = ~98% vs Automated & ~97% against manual workflows (n = ~1200)

• Incorporates antibiotic guides for easy look up 

• Offers upto 4 plate analyses per test 

• Built in image QC

• Add novel Antibiotics manually

• Updated guidelines 

• Remote Authentication (optional)

• Incorporates AWaRe classification, 

• Reports in standard S, I, R format

• Graphical overlay of results* 

• Includes original plate images into report*

• Provides insights from antibiograms by default for every user*

• complete digitisation and storage of test history in your account

As an aid in following scenarios - 

• Non-tertiary care facilities

  • • Standalone Dx laboratories or 

    • Nursing home / hospital-based laboratories  

    • District / subdistrict government hospitals etc. 

• Research laboratories

  • • Bacterial drug resistance  

    • Epidemiology 

    • Public health etc. etc.  

• Veterinary 

The lab may choose to have their results reviewed remotely by any expert of their choice. All it needs is a user account for the purpose. BacDR provides two levels of user accounts – supervisory and lab technician with functions such as edit / delete antibiotics from the list of those tested reserved only for supervisory roles. 

There is no limit to users in one laboratory. This has been done to ensure ease and optimal utilization of the tool laboratories with high number of users – such as networked facilities and research institutes. For networked facilities, separate email IDs of users in each lab to create login credentials against a single consolidated license. For multiple laboratories within the same research centre, separate licenses are to be procured to maintain data privacy between research groups

Yes. A free, fully functional version is provided for 7 days. Please email to bactrekinnovations@gmail.com or bactrek@outlook,com 

We offer licenses across workload volumes  through annual / shorter term licenses which are activated post payment. For further information please email to: bactrekinnovations@gmail.com or bactrek@outlook,com 

In general, file size of >1.5MB taken from top showing plate borders are compatible with BacDR. Any standard mobile phone, with front camera ~>12MP is sufficient for the purpose.  For more details, please email to bactrekinnovations@gmail.com or bactrek@outlook,com

Yes. As listed below - 

• Logo and User details

• User details

• Report columns

• Notes (include/exclude)

• Graphic on zone diameter overlay (include/exclude)

• Original images tested (include/exclude)