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Clinical chemistry analysis
News Release from: HemoCue | Subject: 201+
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2003
Point-of-care glucose analyser
Portable analysers allow rapid diagnosis and monitoring of patients with the added benefits of convenience and cost effectiveness
HemoCue point-of-care glucose, haemoglobin and urine albumin analysers offer the precision and accuracy of laboratory measurement combined with fast turn around times and ease of use The portable analysers allow rapid diagnosis and monitoring of patients with the added benefits of convenience and cost effectiveness
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 11 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Point-of-care glucose analyser offers data storage
This pocket size analyser stores both test and quality control results, together with date and time for up to 600 measurements
Pocket-sized haemoglobin analyser
Primarily intended for healthcare professionals and can be used in any situation where an accurate haemoglobin value is required at the point of care
The new HemoCue 201+ point-of-care glucose analyser offers additional data storage of both test and QC results.
Date and time for up to 600 measurements can be stored and printed directly via an external printer or downloaded to a PC.
Intended primarily for healthcare professionals it can be used in any situation where an accurate glucose value is required including diagnosing diabetes, screening for gestational diabetes, performing OGTTs (oral glucose tolerance tests) or screening for, and monitoring of, neonatal hypoglycaemia.
Minimising the impact of long-term complications by early detection is in line with the government's new National Service Framework for Diabetes.
Microalbuminuria is the first clinical evidence of nephropathy and early detection and treatment reduces further deterioration.
HemoCue's urine albumin analyser quantitatively determines urine albumin, providing a rapid and reliable solution to the problem of microalbuminuria screening and monitoring.
Measuring urine albumin excretion requires multiple tests performed over time because of the large diurnal variation.
The HemoCue analyser allows greater flexibility of test protocols than central laboratory testing, making the identification of individuals at risk and the monitoring of existing patients far easier.
The HemoCue system consists of a portable analyser and disposable, self-filling microcuvettes containing dried reagents which serve as a pipette, test tube and measuring vessel all in one.
As HemoCue analysers are manufactured without any batch-to-batch variation, no recalibration is necessary when different batches of cuvettes or multiple photometers are used, allowing any healthcare professional to obtain laboratory quality results, anytime, anywhere.
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