CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
Carite (Roche): In addition to offering labs the benefits of integration and automation, the Cobas 6500 urine analyzer series uses Roche’s Chemstrip technology, which has been available for more than 50 years. The most important thing about the Chemstrip technology is that it virtually eliminates the possibility of false-negative test results due to interference from vitamin C, or ascorbic acid.
Dumonceaux (Beckman Coulter): Beckman Coulter offers a full range of urinalysis analyzers to meet a laboratory’s growing needs. Our iQ200 Urine Microscopy Analyzer uses Digital Flow Morphology technology with auto-particle recognition to auto classify 12 particles and subclassify 27 more on screen to reduce manual microscopic review rates and sample handling. We have partnered with Arkray to offer its urine chemistry solutions and thereby deliver a wide range of analyzers to the customer.
Donlan (Arkray): The Aution urine chemistry analyzers are robust and reliable. The Aution strips have wide reporting ranges providing clinically relevant data and standardized results across analyzers.
Is there anything new labs can expect from your company?
Carite (Roche): Roche launched its integrated urinalysis system—the Cobas 6500 urine analyzer series—outside the United States in 2014. It includes the Cobas u 601 automated strip reader and the Cobas u 701 automated microscopy module. This automated system can be connected to Roche’s automated track system. Roche recently submitted the strip reader for FDA clearance, and it is planning to submit the microscopy module at a later date.
Weshler (Siemens): As we’ve done for the past 75 years in North America, Siemens Healthineers will continue to provide an array of urinalysis options for the laboratory, point of care, and any other setting where accurate urine testing is needed. For point-of-care settings, we will focus on connecting point-of-care urinalysis with the lab to help increase efficiency and oversight of this popular testing.
Sysmex elected not to complete our questionnaire for this year’s product guide. We expect to see Sysmex return in the 2019 guide. Donlan was with Arkray at the time of the interview but CAP TODAY learned at press time she is no longer with the company.