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| Company | Binding Site, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific |
|---|---|
| Name of instrument | Optilite |
| Contact | Haley Braffett |
| City, State | San Diego, CA |
| Phone | 858-291-4556 |
| Website | |
| Type of instrument | chemistry |
| List price/First year sold in U.S. | $111,521/2015 |
| Targeted hospital bed size/Targeted test volume | > 100/daily: > 50; monthly: ~1,000; annual: ~12,000 |
| Company manufactures instrument | yes |
| Other models in this family of analyzers | — |
| No. of units in clinical use in U.S./Outside U.S. (countries) | 360/1,611 (Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East) |
| Dimensions (H × W × D)/Instrument footprint | 24.4 × 37 × 27.6 in./7.09 sq. ft. |
| Weight empty/Weight fully loaded | 242 lbs./~260 lbs. |
| No. of different measured assays onboard simultaneously | 36 (36 can be run and calibrated at one time) |
| No. of user-definable (open chemistry) channels | 10 |
| Test throughput per hour/Assay run time | 120/8–23 min. (avg. 13 min.) |
| No. of direct ion-selective electrode channels | — |
| Detection methods | turbidimetry |
| Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode | — |
| Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode basic metabolic panel | — |
| Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode complete metabolic panel | — |
| Typical time delay from ordering stat test until aspiration of sample | — |
| Fully automated microplate immunoassay system | — |
| Methodologies supported | — |
| Separation methodologies | — |
| Stat time until completion of a ß-hCG test | — |
| Stat time until completion of a cTn test | — |
| • Typical time delay from test order to aspiration of sample | — |
| Reagents refrigerated onboard/Reagents ready to use | yes (8°–10°C below ambient)/yes |
| Reagent lot tracking/Reagent inventory | yes/yes |
| Reagent form/Reagents barcoded | liquid chemistry (closed reagent system)/yes |
| Separate reagent pack for each specimen/for each test run | no/no |
| Walkaway capability/Walkaway duration | yes/90 min. or 54 specimens or 180 tests |
| Design of sample-handling system | rack |
| Uses washable cuvettes/Uses disposable cuvettes | no/yes (can store up to 360 cuvettes) |
| Min.–max. sample volume that can be aspirated at one time | 2–200 µL |
| Min. reaction volume/Min. specimen volume/Min. dead volume | 120 µL/assay dependent/150 µL |
| Dedicated pediatric sample cup | yes (dead volume: 150 µL) |
| Primary tube sampling | yes |
| Accommodates most standard tube sizes/Accepts nonstandard tube sizes | yes/yes (13 × 75 mm, 12 × 75 mm) |
| Pierces caps on primary tubes | no |
| Protects against probe collision | yes |
| Detects clots/liquid level/short sample | yes/yes/yes |
| Detection or quantitation for hemolysis, icterus, lipemia, clots | detection for hemolysis, clots; icterus, lipemia not available |
| Dilutes patient samples onboard/Susceptibility to carryover | yes (can be programmed to perform dilutions prior to analysis)/— |
| Automatic rerun capability | yes |
| Sample volume can be diluted to rerun out-of-linear-range high results | yes |
| Sample volume can be concentrated to rerun out-of-linear-range low results | yes |
| Autocalibration/Multipoint calibration supported | no (calibrants are not stored onboard)/yes (recommended avg. frequency: per lab protocol and every new lot) |
| Typical calibration frequency for ISE/therapeutic drugs/drugs of abuse/general chemistries/immunoassays | — |
| Automatic programmable start/Automatic programmable shutdown | no/no |
| Onboard real-time QC/Onboard software capability to review QC | yes/yes |
| Supports multiple QC lot numbers per analyte | no |
| Waste management | automated collection onboard instrument |
| Sample barcode-reading capability/Autodiscrimination | yes (Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 39, Code 128)/no |
| Lab can control analyzer from remote computer | no |
| Instrument can diagnose its own malfunctions | no (operator intervention required to order parts) |
| System malfunctions can be diagnosed via remote monitoring | no |
| UPS backup power supply | yes |
| Data-management capability/LIS or EHR systems interfaced | onboard/Epic, Clinisys, Oracle Health, SCC Soft Computer |
| LIS interface provided/Bidirectional interface capability | yes (additional cost)/yes (broadcast download and host query) |
| Modem servicing provided/Service engineer on-site response time | no/next business day |
| Mean time between failures | 502 days (displays error codes for troubleshooting) |
| Average scheduled maintenance time by lab personnel | daily: 10 min.; weekly: 15 min.; monthly: 30 min. |
| Maintenance records kept onboard for user/vendor | some records (log)/no |
| Maintenance training demonstration module onboard | no |
| Training included with purchase/Avg. time for basic user training | yes (2 training slots)/2 days (primarily at customer site) |
| Advanced operator training/Extra charge for follow-up or advanced training | yes (at customer site)/$2,500 |
| Warranty provided/Cost of annual service contract (24 h/7 d) | yes (1 year)/$12,950 |
| Distinguishing features (supplied by company) | reduced carryover due to disposable cuvettes; dilution cascade to final result; intuitive software that includes three different antigen excess protection methods, optimized by assay |