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Kate Donnachie, MSc, is Product Manager for Blood Cultures and Automated AST for bioMérieux UK and Ireland. Prior to joining bioMérieux in 2021, Kate was a Senior Medical Scientist and has 15 years’ experience in an Irish clinical microbiology laboratory. Kate remains a CORU registered medical scientist and continues her love affair with microbiology while pursuing her career in in-vitro diagnostics.
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