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| Instrument name/First year sold | Sysmex CA-1500/U.S.: 2000; worldwide: 1999 |
| Number of units installed in U.S./Outside U.S. | — |
| Number of contracts signed between 1/1/12 and 11/30/12 | — |
| Country where analyzer designed/Manufactured | Japan/Japan |
| Operational type | continuous random access |
| Reagent type | open reagent system (lyophilized, reconstituted manually), optimized for Siemens instruments |
| Operates on whole blood or spun plasma | spun plasma |
| Sample handling system | 10-tube position sample rack × 5 |
| Model type | benchtop |
| Dimensions (H × W × D)/Weight/Instrument footprint | 20 × 31.2 × 31.2 inches/186 lbs/6.8 square feet |
| FDA-cleared clotting-based tests | PT, APTT, fibrinogen, TT, reptilase time, factor assays, DRVVT screen and confirm, factor V Leiden, protein C clot, protein S activity |
| FDA-cleared chromogenic tests | Innovance AT, Berichrom AT, plasminogen, factor VIII chromo, alpha-2 antiplasmin, protein C chromo, heparin |
| FDA-cleared immunologic tests | Innovance D-dimer |
| Other FDA-cleared tests | — |
| User-defined tests in clinical use | — |
| Tests submitted for 510(k) clearance | PT multi-calibrators, innovance VWF activity assay |
| Tests in development but not yet submitted | — |
| Methodologies supported | clot detection, optical, turbidimetric; chromogenic; immunologic |
| Operator must load sep. reagent pack per specimen/Test run | no/no |
| Number of different measured assays onboard simultaneously | 15 |
| Number of different assays programmed and calib. at one time | 25 |
| Number of user-definable (open) channels | 25 |
| Of those defined, number active simultaneously | 15 |
| Factor assays require manual manipulation or dilutions | no |
| Number of reagent containers onboard at once/Tests per container/Reagents refrigerated onboard | 39/up to 200/yes (15°C) |
| Multiple reagent configurations supported | yes |
| Reagents, consumables loaded without interrupting testing | some consumables yes, reagents no |
| Same capabilities when third-party reagent used | yes |
| Maximum time same lot number of reagents can be used | 1 year |
| Walkaway capacity: Number of specimens/Number of tests | 50/up to 1,000 |
| Minimum sample volume aspirated precisely at one time | 5 µL |
| Standard specimen volume required to run PT or PTT/ Factor VIII activity | 50 µL/5 µL |
| Disposables used/Price of each | reaction tubes, sample plates, CA clean I and II, system buffer, halogen lamp, closed container sample replacement needles/varies with volume |
| Supports direct-from-track sampling | yes (Sysmex CST series) |
| Primary tube sampling supported/Pierces caps on primary tubes | yes (3–5 mL)/yes |
| Sample bar-code reading capability | yes |
| Reagent bar-code reading capability | yes |
| Onboard test automatic inventory | yes |
| Measures No. of tests remaining/Short sample detection | yes/yes |
| Clot detection as preanalytical variable in plasma sample | no |
| Auto. detects adequate reagents for aspiration and analysis | yes |
| Hemolysis/Turbidity detection-quantitation | no/yes |
| Dilution of patient samples onboard | yes |
| Automatic rerun capability/Auto reflex testing capability | yes/yes |
| Lag time during which hypercoagulable sample not detected | yes (PT: 7 seconds, APTT: 15 seconds) |
| Read time extended for prolonged clotting times | yes (selectable on menus) |
| User can set different-than-standard: | |
| • Reagent volumes/Sample volumes | yes/yes |
| • No. and sources of reagent | yes |
| • Incubation times/Reading times | yes/yes |
| Autocalib. or autocalib. alert/Multipoint calib. supported | no/yes |
| Auto shutdown/Auto startup programmable | no/no |
| Stat time to complete all analytes/Throughput per hour for: | |
| • PT alone | 7 minutes/120 results |
| • PT, PTT | 8 minutes/80 results |
| • Fibrinogen | 8 minutes/120 results |
| • Factor VIII activity assay | 8 minutes/— |
| Time delay from ordering stat to aspiration of sample | 2 minutes |
| Automatic transfer of QC results to LIS | yes |
| Data-management capability | onboard (includes QC: L-J plots and Westgard Multirules) |
| Interface supplied by instrument vendor | no |
| Interfaces in active user sites for: | all major LIS vendors |
| Bidirectional interface capability | yes (host query) |
| Results transferred to LIS as soon as test time complete | yes |
| LOINC codes transmitted with all results | no |
| How labs get LOINC codes for reagent kits | — |
| Electronic interface available (or will be) to automated (or robotic) specimen handling system | yes (Sysmex CST series) |
| Modem servicing | no |
| Time required for maintenance by lab personnel | daily: <5 minutes; weekly: 1 minute; quarterly: <5 minutes |
| Onboard maintenance records | no |
| Training provided with purchase | 3 days at vendor offices for key operator, online training course, Web CD training |
| Approximate number of training hours needed per tech | 6 |
| List price | $97,529 standard model; $110,544 cap-piercing model |
| Annual service contract cost (24/7)/Warranty with purchase | — |
| Distinguishing features (supplied by company) | simultaneous curve calibrating and patient testing; ability to load multiple bottles or multiple lots of reagent; user-definable, repeat, redilute, and reflex testing |
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