Coagulation Analyzer for Small Laboratories
By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 14 Nov 2003
A new coagulation analyzer with a compact footprint is designed for low-volume laboratories. The analyzer has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). Posted on 14 Nov 2003
The analyzer enables smaller laboratories to offer specialty testing, including quantitative D-dimer and heparin anti-Xa, used to detect the activity of heparin in plasma. The analyzer, called Sysmex CA-560, can process up to 60 tests per hour, with capability for five-parameter random access. The analyzer, from Dade Behring (Deerfield, IL, USA), can store data on 300 samples and has onboard capacity for 60 reaction tube cuvettes.
"This new analyzer offers complete random access testing, with clotting, chromogenic, and immunologic detection simultaneously,” noted Jackie Hauser, marketing manager, Dade Bering Hemostasis. "With these features, plus the specialty assay capabilities, we can now provide smaller-volume customers with optimal features, all in a compact unit.”
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