WHAT IS PATHOLOGY?
Pathology is the study of disease. It is the bridge between science and medicine. It underpins every aspect of patient care, from diagnostic testing and treatment advice to using cutting-edge genetic technologies and preventing disease.
Doctors and scientists working in pathology are experts in illness and disease. They use their expertise to support every aspect of healthcare, from guiding doctors on the right way to treat common diseases, to using cutting-edge genetic technologies to treat patients with life-threatening conditions.
Pathologists play a critical role in research, advancing medicine and devising new treatments to fight viruses, infections and diseases like cancer.
In the last few years, we’ve seen significant reductions in illnesses such as polio across the world, as well as major advances in blood transfusion, vaccination and treatment of inherited conditions. This is all thanks to the pioneering work of pathologists.
WHO WORKS IN PATHOLOGY?
There are teams of medical staff and scientists whose job it is to study samples from a person’s body to understand what’s making them unwell.
These teams are made up of pathologists – who are either doctors with specialist laboratory training or scientists with specialist clinical training – as well as biomedical scientists and support staff. Doctors, nurses, surgeons and other medical staff look to pathologists and consultant clinical scientists for advice on the nature and seriousness of a patient’s illness, making sure they get the most appropriate treatment.
- If your blood doesn’t clot properly – it’s a haematologist who will conduct the blood tests, confirm if you have haemophilia, and offer treatment.
- When there’s an outbreak of infection in a hospital – for example MRSA, it’s a medical microbiologist or infection doctor who will advise the infection control teams and work hard to contain it.
- For those having trouble getting pregnant – it’s a reproductive scientist who will investigate, diagnose and, where possible, treat any infertility issues.
Erba Chem 5 Plus is an intelligent and a high performance semi automated analyzer for all routine Clinical chemistry, Electrolytes, Immunoturbidimetric assays and Coagulation test . It’s advanced & unique optics technology combines the proficiency of eight individual photometers and ensures long life and high precision.
Product Features:
- Semi-automated analyzer
- Optical system of static photometer with 8 filters
- Triple cuvette system
- Two levels of quality control with Levy Jennings Plot
- 150 open test programs, selectable through keypad
- Optical system of static photometer with 8 filters
- Automatic calibration against standard
- High resolution LCD display with backlit view
- Entire range of Clinical Chemistry tests including Electrolytes, Immunoturbidimetric assays, Coagulation test.
Product Applications:
Fully Automated Bio RAD D10 (HPLC) instrument provides comprehensive, fully automated haemoglobin testing in a compact footprint. Combining diabetes and β-thalassemia testing on a single platform, the system offers simple, efficient operation for clinics, physician offices or clinical laboratories. Easy to use, the D-10 includes an interactive instrument training CD-ROM and multilingual operational support.
Select programs for fast HbA1c or HbA2/F/A1c quantitation to meet your workflow needs.
The D-10 offers simple and efficient operation for clinics, physician offices or clinical laboratories. Whole blood primary tube sampling eliminates off-line sample preparation. Touch screen operation and automatic sample bar code reading increase ease-of-use. This automated high-performance liquid chromatography platform sets a new standard of performance for comprehensive hemoglobin testing.
Benefits
- Fully Automated
- Compact
- Easy to use
- Reliable
Fully automated to streamline your operational efficiency
- Primary tube sampling eliminates off-line sample preparation
- No sample mixing or sample cap removal
- Barcode reading for positive sample identification
Flexible by providing 2 tests on a single platform
- Diabetes and b-thalassemia testing on a single kit without changing cartridge or reagents
- Complete b-thalassemia program including A1c results
Powerful instrument that provides variant detection
- Simultaneous quantitative HbA2, HbF and HbA1c results
- Detects common Hb variants by using ion-exchange HPLC
- Accurate A2 and F determinations even in the presence of HbS
- Provides numerical results and chromatograms so that you can understand full patient profiles
This is a stand-alone instrument. In its Rerun & Reflex configuration, the XN-1000 offers reproducible result quality in the shortest possible time. By automatically reanalysing samples for which results are considered unreliable, it significantly reduces manual interventions and frees up time and resources. With no compromise on turnaround time. Reagent management is simple too – if you want we can integrate your reagents in the optional analyser wagon.
The XN-1000 can be equipped with all the available diagnostic applications. Depending on what is installed, the XN Rerun & Reflex performs a range of rule-based tests. The positive samples are fed into extended measurement automatically. Extended measurement is only performed if it adds additional diagnostic value.
XN 1000 This is a stand-alone instrument. In its Rerun & Reflex configuration, the XN-1000 offers reproducible result quality in the shortest possible time. By automatically reanalysing samples for which results are considered unreliable, it significantly reduces manual interventions and frees up time and resources. With no compromise on turnaround time. Reagent management is simple too – if you want we can integrate your reagents in the optional analyser wagon.The XN-1000 can be equipped with all the available diagnostic applications. Depending on what is installed, the XN Rerun & Reflex performs a range of rule-based tests. The positive samples are fed into extended measurement automatically. Extended measurement is only performed if it adds additional diagnostic value.While the XN-1000 is a stand-alone system, optional software can still make it uniquely flexible. It can be networked with other XN solutions at other locations. Think of individual systems for measuring body fluids on neurology wards. Or transfusion centres. And thanks to our remote services, we can together define levels of support quality, guaranteed service response times and ensure maximum system uptime.
XN-SERIES: TAILORING YOUR HAEMATOLOGY
- Perfectly adaptable – design your own workflow
- Great range of clinical and productivity values
- Advanced professional services for tailored lab management
- Fluorescence flow cytometry in all modes
- Wide range of parameters, excellent WBC differential
- Sysmex Silent Design concept
The COBAS INTEGRA 400 plus analyzer is the perfect solution for laboratories running up to 400 samples per day. Its broad test menu comprises over 120 assays and applications that consolidate clinical chemistry with specific proteins, therapeutic drug monitoring and drug abuse testing. This compact tabletop analyzer offers maximum versatility to improve efficiency and reduce costs. It uses the convenient cobas c pack reagent format, which standardizes patient results across integrated laboratory networks.
Economic efficiency
- Ready-to-use reagents with a long stability and low calibration effort.
- Simplified processes and reduced costs.
- Comprehensive testing capabilities on a compact footprint.
Medical value
- Four measuring technologies: Absorbance photometry, Turbidimetry, Fluorescence polarimetry, Ion-selective electrode potentiometry.
- Highly correlating results across all cobas® platforms.
- Single-use cuvettes to ensure carry-over free analytics.
Ease of use
- Comprehensive testing capabilities on a compact footprint.
- Continuous loading and random access to samples.
- Refrigerated storage for long calibration stability.
High system reliability
- Robust system design
- Clot detection and accurate pipetting
- More than 6,000 analyzers installed worldwide
Beckman Olympus AU480 is a fully automated, random access chemistry system with STAT capability, ideal for small to medium-sized laboratories. Beckman Coulter AU480 offers a throughput of 400 photometric tests per hour (up to 800 with electrolytes) and an onboard capacity of 63 different analytes.
The AU480 Chemistry System maintains many features of its predecessor the AU400 that made it successful; long life electrodes, low maintenance and superior spot photometer technology.
More than 120 different Beckman Coulter System reagent applications are available including Serum Indices, specially designed to match the requirements and features of the new analyzer platform. The reagents are barcoded, in addition with 2-D master calibration curves.
Features
Improved convenience
- New and intuitive graphical user interface
- Embedded maintenance videos
- Universal applications
- Plug and play calibration via 2-D barcode
Efficiency
- Reagent reduction
- Low consumable usage
- Microsampling ideal for pediatrics
Continuous loading sample feeder
- Positive sample identification
- Beckman Coulter flexible racks to handle all commonly used tube sizes in parallel
- Barcoded racks to define different sample materials
- 80 samples on board at any time
- Automatic repeat and reflex capability
Flexible STAT rotor
- Dedicated STAT rotor with 22 positions and integrated barcode reader
- Full STAT capabilities during routine operation
- Refrigerated area for calibrators and controls
- Combined routine and emergency work area
Large reagent compartment
- 76 refrigerated reagent compartments
- Ready to use liquid stable reagents
- Automatic bottle switch capabilities
- Advanced calibration
- Liquid detection and remaining test number calculation
Cuvette wheel with low maintenance
- Non disposable quartz cuvettes
- Software driven carry over elimination
- Dry incubation bath
- Environmental friendly
Best in class ISE
- High quality ISE for Na, K and Cl
- 6 months shelf life
- 18 months shelf life for reference electrodes
- 600 tests/hour (if ISE mode only)
- Same technology across the whole range of analyzers