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Vitamin D Serum Control 

UTAK’s low-level Vitamin D serum control 

contains both 25-hydroxy vitamin D2 and 

D3 at 10 ng/mL. This unique lyophilized 

control is made from 100% human serum 

and has a 24-month shelf life with a reconstituted 

stability of 25 days. This product is sold 

in 5x5-mL quantities. Supplies are limited. 

UTAK Laboratories, Inc. 

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Chemtrue® Rapid Diagnosis 

Intelligent Test Reader* 

The Chemtrue Rapid Diagnosis Intelligent 

Test Reader is a new immunodiagnostic 

instrument composed of a specialty optical 

fiber probe, monolithic processor, and IC 

card. It incorporates the principle of reflected 

light intensity to carry out semi-quantitative 

analysis for gold standard test bar (card). The 

instrument features include: small volume; 

light weight; high sensitivity; rapid measurement; 

and simple operation. The reader can 

perform DOA, MAU, and cTn-I rapid tests. 

Worldwide distributors are wanted. *Pending 

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CHEMTRON BIOTECH INC. 


Life Point.EMR Software Suite 

LifePoint.EMR is a suite of software interfaces, 

communications protocols, and applets 

that enable data exchange between electronic 

medical record (EMR) systems in physician 

offices and hospital/lab systems. Data is 

securely exchanged between our data center 

and each source system, then a queuing and 

data transformation processes transmits 

data to the appropriate destination(s). The 

suite comes with more than 50 pre-tested 

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Life Point Informatics 


STAT-Site® M ß-Hydroxybutyrate 

Test System* 

Introducing the STAT-Site M ß-Hydroxybutyrate 

test system, composed of a palm-size 

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reflectance analyzer and reagent card that 

measures ß-hydroxybutyrate using a single 

drop of human serum or plasma. The test 

is important for the diagnosis of diabetic 

ketoacidosis (DKA) and monitoring the 

results of its treatment. Since ß-hydroxybutyrate 

is the most abundant and stable 

ketone body produced, it is the more reliable 

indicator of ketosis and is the ketone test 

recommended by the ADA. With quick and 

quantitative results, the STAT-Site M ß-HB 

offers several advantages over traditional testing, 

including an improvement in linearity 

when compared with its predecessor and 

negligible interference from other ketones. 

*Pending FDA clearance. 

Stanbio Laboratory 


NanoDrop 8000 Spectrophotometer 

The Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 8000 

spectrophotometer takes full-spectrum UV/ 

Vis absorbance measurements of eight 1-μl 

samples, such as nucleic acid and protein, 

within one 20-second measurement cycle. 

Researchers can now perform critical QC 

checks that were either difficult or not feasible 

using single-sample spectrophotometers 

or plate readers. The new Sample Position 

Illuminator keeps track of the samples to be 

measured from a 96-well plate by lighting up 

the wells from underneath. This new feature 

helps reduce human error and improves ease 

of sampling. 

Thermo Scientific, 

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific 


Cell Stabilization Reagent 

Streck Cell Preservative solution is formulated 

to stabilize cellular antigens for immunophenotyping 

by flow cytometry. Samples 

collected in Streck Cell Preservative are stable 

for up to 7 days at room temperature, allowing 

for convenient sample transport and 

storage. Data has been collected supporting 

the use of Streck Cell Preservative with 

bone marrow aspirates, tissue samples, and 

peripheral blood samples. 

Streck, Inc. 


Blood Collection Tube for 

Cell Preservation and Analysis 

Cyto-Chex® BCT is Streck’s blood collection 

tube for the preservation of wholeblood 

samples for immunophenotyping 

by flow cytometry. This direct-draw blood 

collection tube contains a patent-protected 

preservative that maintains the integrity of 

cellular CD markers for up to 7 days. Patient 

samples collected in Cyto-Chex BCT are 

stable at room temperature for convenient 

transport and storage. FDA cleared for the 

collection, transport, and storage of HIVinfected 

patient samples, Cyto-Chex BCT 

preserves the HIV CD panel of markers for 

up to 14 days at room temperature. 

Streck, Inc. 


Whole Blood Cellular Control for HbA1c 

Streck’s A1c-Cellular® is the only A1c control 

available with intact red blood cells. This 

innovative, patent-protected control tests 

the entire HbA1c procedure, including 

lysing of red blood cells. Controlling with 

A1c-Cellular ensures that the entire system, 

instrument and reagents, is working properly 

and providing accurate patient results. A1c- 

Cellular is appropriate for immunoassay and 

ionic exchange HPLC methodologies and 

is assayed for the Bio-Rad® D-10, Ortho- 

Clinical Diagnostics VITROS® 5,1 FS, Arkray 

Menarini ADAMS A1c HA-8160, Beckman 

Coulter® Synchron CX®, Bio-Rad® Variant 

II, Dade Behring® Dimension, Roche Cobas 

INTEGRA®, and the Tosoh G7 and A1c 

2.2 Plus instruments. 

Streck , Inc. 


Safety-coated Vacuum Tube for ESR Testing 

Introducing a new safety-coated ESR-Vacuum 

Tube for erythrocyte sedimentation rate 

determination on the ESR-Auto Plus® and 

ESR-100 analyzers and the ESR-10 Manual 

Rack. Container Technologies Laboratory, 

Inc., an independent packaging consultant, 

reports that Safety Coated ESR-Vacuum 

Tubes are 10 times more impact resistant 

than glass collection tubes, significantly 

reducing accidental breakage. The Mylar® 

coating contains glass and blood specimens 

in the event of breakage, reducing the risk of 

injury from jagged glass edges and potential 

exposure to blood-borne pathogens. Samples 

collected in Safety Coated ESR-Vacuum 

Tubes exhibit the same stability characteristics 

as those collected in conventional glass. 

Streck, Inc. 


Nucleated Red Blood Cell Control for ADVIA® 

nRBC-Chex for ADVIA is the first nucleated 

red blood cell (nRBC) control designed 

to verify the accuracy and precision of the 

nRBC enumeration of the Siemens Healthcare 

Diagnostics, Inc. ADVIA 2120. The assay 

provides nRBC percent values as well as total 

WBC and RBC values. nRBC-Chex for Advia 

will allow the clinician to control instrumentreported 

nRBC values without manual verification 

of a stained patient smear. Packaged 

in plastic, cap-pierceable vials for use with 

open- or closed-mode systems, nRBC-Chex 

for ADVIA offers a closed-vial stability of 105 

days and an open-vial stability of 14 days. 

Streck, Inc. 


VITROS® Troponin I ES 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics announces the 

availability of the VITROS Troponin I ES 

assay with improved low-end sensitivity. The 

assay is for use with the VITROS® ECi/ECiQ 

Immnuodiagnostic System using Intellicheck® 

Technology. VITROS Troponin I ES 

is used for the quantitative measurement of 

cardiac Troponin I in human serum and 

plasma to aid in the assessment of myocardial 

damage and risk stratification. The 

VITROS Troponin I ES assay is concurrent 

with the recommendations as described by 

the Joint European Society of Cardiology/ 

American College of Cardiology Committee 

(ESC/ACC) for acceptable imprecision in a 

high-sensitivity troponin I assay. 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics 


VITROS® ECi/ECiQ Immunodiagnostic System 

Enhanced Productivity Module 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics announces the 

availability of the Enhanced Productivity 

Module (EPM) for the VITROS ECi/ECiQ 

Immunodiagnostic Systems with Intellicheck® 

Technology. The EPM Increases 

uninterrupted system processing time and 

the number of assays processed and reported. 

The Enhanced Productivity Module (EPM) 

builds on the benefits and functionality of 

the VITROS® ECi/ECiQ Immunodiagnostic 

Systems, with the EPM providing true 

productivity and workflow improvements by 

upgrading the VITROS® ECi/ECiQ System

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