AVC is home to a unique clinical diagnostic tool that allows the College’s Diagnostics Services Unit to respond to clients’ needs more efficiently and cost-effectively. Housed in a laboratory on the third floor of the College is a Bruker Daltonics® Microflex LT—a MALDI-TOF (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight) mass spectrometer used primarily to identify bacterial and fungal pathogens. With this innovative technology, 96 clinical samples can be processed in less than two hours. The technology was purchased with funding assistance from ACOA. Click here to read more.