Organization and Nature of Business of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
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Organization and Nature of Business of Presentation	NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS; BASIS OF PRESENTATION Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (“Accelerate” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation focused on developing and commercializing innovative instrumentation for the rapid identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of infectious pathogens. The Company’s BACcel^TMplatform utilizes a proprietary culture-free process with both genomic and phenotypic detection technologies that decrease time to result while maintaining high sensitivity and specificity. The financial statements included herein have been prepared by Accelerate without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted as allowed by such rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements dated July 31, 2012, which were included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on October 26, 2012, and our audited financial statements dated December 31, 2012, which were included in our Transition Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 20, 2013. Management believes that the accompanying unaudited financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) which require the use of management estimates, and contain all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 may not be indicative of the results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

Organization and Nature of Business of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Organization and Nature of Business of Presentation

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS; BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (“Accelerate” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation focused on developing and commercializing innovative instrumentation for the rapid identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of infectious pathogens. The Company’s BACcel^TMplatform utilizes a proprietary culture-free process with both genomic and phenotypic detection technologies that decrease time to result while maintaining high sensitivity and specificity.

The financial statements included herein have been prepared by Accelerate without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted as allowed by such rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements dated July 31, 2012, which were included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on October 26, 2012, and our audited financial statements dated December 31, 2012, which were included in our Transition Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 20, 2013.

Management believes that the accompanying unaudited financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) which require the use of management estimates, and contain all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 may not be indicative of the results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.