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Blood Gas System helps Lower-Volume Point of Care Locations improve Critical-Care Testing
New Platform for Automated Buffy Coat Isolation Developed 200 workstation,
Tecan and IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg) have successfully co-developed an automated platform for buffy coat extraction based on a Freedom EVO®
relieving scientific staff from performing this time-consuming task, and significantly increasing the yield of DNA.
The process of manually isolating the buffy coat from whole blood is traditionally slow, tedious and very dependent on the skill and dexterity of the technician separating the layers. This lengthy and variable element of sampling has been eliminated by automating the procedure on a Freedom EVO 200 platform, optimised to maximise the yield and quality of the buffy coat and minimise the risk of cross-contamination.
Fay Betsou, Chief of Biospecimen Science at IBBL, explained: “The Freedom EVO’s Liquid Handling (LiHa) Arm pipettes the buffy coat layer with very precise orientation and speed, standardising the process and eliminating technician-to-technician variation. This gives a purer buffy coat product, with less contamination from red blood cells and haemoglobin and a similar distribution of white blood cells. The results are amazing; the DNA yield is 10-15% higher using the automated process, and the Freedom EVO system can process 24 samples in just 16 minutes. We are very satisfied with the system, and are looking forward to working with Tecan on another biospecimen research project in the near future.”
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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has released the RAPIDLab®
348EX Blood Gas System, the latest
solution in its blood gas testing portfolio in the UK. The RAPIDLab 348EX builds on Siemens proven technology and offers new enhanced features to deliver reliable critical-care testing that is economical, especially for lower-volume testing sites. With approximately 60 seconds to result, RAPIDLab 348EX provides testing for critical analytes, including pH, blood gases, electrolytes and haematocrit.
Lower-volume testing sites have unique challenges related to critical-care testing with only a few tests typically run each day. Therefore, the blood gas systems in place must be easy-to-use and quick to deliver critical results.
“It is important that clinicians in lower-volume Point of Care locations have access to dependable diagnostic solutions, particularly for critical-care testing, where fast, reliable results have a significant impact on patient care,” stated Afia Boamah Blood Gas and Stratus CS Product Manager at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. “Providing blood gas analysers designed to meet the needs of all testing sites is a priority for Siemens.”
RAPIDLab 348EX offers several new design elements specifically developed to maximise productivity by increasing staff efficiency. This includes an intuitive user interface with colour touch-screen operation and a barcode reader that can be mounted on either side that offers an optional setting for continuous, hand-free scanning. Other benefits include automatic calibration routines and wash sequences, and low maintenance requirements.
In addition to its new features, RAPIDLab 348EX carries forward technologies and reliability already present in the RAPIDLab 248 / 348 systems. These include Ready Sensor®
electrodes, automatic sample
aspiration from either a syringe or capillary and the automatic detection of short samples, which shifts the analyser into microsample mode, requiring no operator interaction.
RAPIDLab 348EX also delivers a robust, on-board processor to store patient test and quality-control results, where data can be uploaded or downloaded via the USB port. The system can also connect to the RAPIDComm®
Data Management System for
centralised management and remote monitoring and control.
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INTERNATIONAL LABMATE - MARCH 2013
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