CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
January 2020—LGC Maine Standards released its Validate LP2 linearity and calibration verification kits for Roche Cobas analyzers. The kits evaluate apolipoprotein A (Apo-A1) and apolipoprotein B (Apo-B). Validate SP1 linearity and calibration verification kits, specifically targeted for Roche Cobas and Roche Cobas Integra analyzers, were also released. The kits evaluate α1-antitrypsin, complement C3, complement C4, immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M, and transferrin. The Validate LP2 and SP1 kits are in a human serum matrix.
The company also announced the release of its Validate UC1 and UC4 linearity and calibration verification kits for Siemens Atellica analyzers. The kits, in a human urine matrix, evaluate calcium, chloride, creatinine, ethyl alcohol, glucose, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, uric acid, total urine protein, and urine urea nitrogen.