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Through a distribution agreement with Alifax, Beckman Coulter and Iris Diagnostics have launched the Alifax automated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) analysis system. The automated ESR analysis systems are designed to fit the workloads of small hospitals, large reference laboratories, core laboratories, and satellite locations. The ESR system increases productivity, improves efficiencies in laboratory labor use, and reduces turnaround times. The Alifax ESR system provides fully automated, hands-off operation in a small footprint and processes the same whole blood tubes from

Beckman Coulter’s FDA-approved hemoglobin A1c assay (HbA1c) with improved performance is for standard use on the company’s UniCel DxC systems. The HbA1c reagent was designed and developed to improve accuracy and precision, to continue to meet the latest accuracy grading from the College of American Pathologists and the recommendations of the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program and International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. The assay features ready-to-use liquid reagents for A1c and total hemoglobin; a five-level calibrator set; 30-day onboard reagent stability;

Beckman Coulter’s FDA-cleared Access AccuTnI+3 troponin I assay is available for use on the company’s Access 2 immunoassay system. In accordance with FDA requirements, the company conducted a large multicenter prospective clinical trial on the AccuTnI+3 troponin I assay that enrolled more than 1,900 subjects. The trial confirmed that the assay provides the clinical performance necessary for optimal patient management. The data from the trial show that the assay delivers the precision, clinical sensitivity, and clinical specificity necessary to assist

Beckman Coulter’s UniCel DxH 600 Coulter cellular analysis system is for mid- to high-volume laboratories. The benchtop hematology analyzer—with advanced software—provides laboratories with exceptional quality results, improved first-pass accuracy, and automatic rerun and reflex testing, thereby reducing overall manual review rates and processes. The UniCel DxH 600 is equipped with software that saves time by allowing labs to partially release patient results manually or automatically via decision rules, enables users to create and edit decision rules during instrument operation, and

Beckman Coulter’s Remisol Advance data-management system, v1.7 streamlines laboratory workflow and the result management process by improving sample tracking and results archiving, and through consolidating patient test information from multiple instruments in the lab or from multiple labs in the hospital network. Remisol Advance v1.7 unifies data management and features a 166 percent increase in sample data processing throughput and a 122 percent increase in sample data storage over the previous version. The software improves results reporting turnaround times and