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| Name of instrument/First year sold in U.S./List price | Stat Fax 4500/2009/$2,895 |
| No. of units in clinical use in U.S./Outside U.S. | 200/2,800 |
| Country where designed/Manufactured/Reagents manufactured | U.S./U.S./open system |
| Operational type/Reagent type | —/open reagent system |
| Sample handling system/Model type | tube, cuvette, or flowcell/benchtop |
| Dimensions in inches (H × W × D)/Instrument footprint | 5 × 9 × 13.5/<1 square feet |
| Tests available on instrument in U.S. | open system |
| Research-use-only assays/Tests in development | — |
| Analytes for which user-defined methods have been implemented | — |
| Methods supported/Immunoassay methods | photometry |
| No. of direct ion selective electrode channels | — |
| • Must load separate reagent pack for each specimen | — |
| • Separate reagent pack for each test run | — |
| No. of different measured assays onboard simultaneously | — |
| • No. of different assays programmed and calibrated at once | 1 |
| • No. of user-definable (open) channels/No. active simultaneously | 120/1 |
| No. of different analytes for which system accommodates reagent containers onboard at once/Tests per container set | — |
| • Shortest/Median onboard reagent stability/Refrigerated onboard | —/no |
| • Multiple reagent configurations supported | — |
| Reagent container placed directly on system for use | — |
| Instrument has same capabilities when third-party reagent used | yes |
| Walkaway capacity in minutes/Based on No. of specimens/Based on No. of tests-assays | — |
| System is liquid chemistry, dry chemistry, or reconstituted onboard | liquid |
| • Uses disposable cuvettes/Maximum No. stored | yes/12 |
| • Uses washable cuvettes/Replacement frequency | yes/supplier-dependent |
| Minimum sample volume aspirated precisely at one time | 250 µL |
| System supplied with UPS (backup power)/Requires floor drain | no/no |
| Requires dedicated water system/Water consumption in L per hour | no/— |
| Noise generated in decibels | <45 |
| Dedicated pediatric sample cup/Dead volume | no/— |
| Primary tube sampling/Pierces caps on primary tubes | — |
| Sample bar-code reading capability/Autodiscrimination | no/— |
| • Reagent bar-code reading capability | — |
| Onboard test auto inventory (determines volume in container) | — |
| • Measures No. of tests remaining/Short sample detection/Clot detection | — |
| • Automatic detection of adequate reagent for aspiration and analysis | — |
| • Hemolysis/Turbidity detection-quantitation | — |
| Dilution of patient samples onboard | — |
| Automatic rerun capability | — |
| • Sample volume can be reduced to rerun out-of-linear-range high results/Increased to rerun out-of-linear-range low results | — |
| Autocalibration or autocalibration alert | no |
| • Calibrants stored onboard/Multipoint calibration supported | —/yes |
| Typical calibration frequency for ISE/Metabolites/Therapeutic drugs/Drugs of abuse | — |
| Automatic shutdown/Startup programmable | no/no |
| Stat time to completion of all analytes/throughput per hour for: | |
| • Sodium, potassium, chloride, TCO2 | — |
| • Sodium, potassium, chloride, TCO2, glucose, urea, creatinine | — |
| • Albumin, direct and total bilirubin, AST, ALT, ALP | — |
| • Typical time delay from ordering stat test to aspiration of sample | — |
| Frequency of QC required/Onboard SW capability to review QC | — |
| Onboard real-time QC/Support multiple QC lot Nos. per analyte | — |
| QC results transferred automatically to LIS | — |
| Data management capability/Instrument vendor supplies LIS interface | no/no |
| • LISs with which system interfaces in active user sites | — |
| Bidirectional interface capability | no |
| LIS interface operates simultaneously with running assays | — |
| Uses LOINC to transmit orders and results | — |
| • How labs get LOINC codes for reagent kits | — |
| Lab can control analyzer remotely | no |
| Modem servicing available/System can diagnose own malfunctions | — |
| On-site time of service engineer/Onboard error codes for troubleshooting | —/yes |
| • Mean time between failures/To repair failures | — |
| Onboard maintenance records/Maintenance training demo module | — |
| Training provided with purchase/Advanced operator training | — |
| Annual service contract cost (24 h/7 d) | — |
| Distinguishing features (supplied by company) | cost-effective with long-life IAD filters; self-prompting touchscreen with mouse-compatible interface for easy selections and entries; optional built-in flowcell for reduced sample volumes; includes built-in flowcell for reduced sample volumes |
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