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Listing of all 27 news releases from Olympus UK:
Olympus BloodTrack Courier ensures patient safety
User application article Olympus has secured tenders with three NHS trusts in East Anglia to install its patient safety equipment.
News from Olympus UK (20 August 2008)
Remote allocation blood issue system goes live
User application article Olympus UK has marked the successful implementation of the first UK 'remote allocation' blood issuing system at Abergele Hospital, North Wales NHS Trust in July 2008i
News from Olympus UK ( 1 August 2008)
New highly precise paracetamol test launched
With improved on-board instrument and calibration stability, the new Olympus Enzymatic Paracetamol test requires fewer calibration episodes and will reduce wastage, so saving time and money
News from Olympus UK (24 July 2008)
Olympus runs three workshops at Microscience 2008
The acclaimed programme of workshops has been running successfully since 2002 and attendance is free to all visitors of Microscience 2008
News from Olympus UK (14 May 2008)
Underpinning the future of pathology in Hampshire
User application article Olympus has announced the sale of a complete tele-pathology solution to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Cancer Network
News from Olympus UK (28 April 2008)
Half of family doctors use online pathology system
User application article GP pathology test request system is streamlining the process of patient test ordering through to laboratory results and has over half of the GPs in the Great Yarmouth area using it in its first month
News from Olympus UK (11 February 2008)
New combined HQ for Olympus UK
Olympus UK is combining its consumer and scientific operations into one headquarters in Watford with the move taking place in phases starting late September 2007
News from Olympus UK (27 September 2007)
Swanscott takes over from Trinder at Olympus UK
Alan Trinder - general manager for Olympus Diagnostic Systems in the UK and Ireland - will retire at the end of September 2007 to be replaced by Steve Swanscott
News from Olympus UK (21 September 2007)
Test request management system streamlines GP work
Olympus has introduced a new pathology test request management system, RequestVision, to streamline the complete process of patient test ordering through to laboratory results
News from Olympus UK (14 September 2007)
Wireless blood tracking cuts paperwork errors
User application article John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford won top prize out of 130 entries at the 2007 UK Government Computing Awards for Innovation 2007 and also the best project in the Government to Citizen award category
News from Olympus UK ( 9 May 2007)
No microscope needed to read service contract
Olympus is launching a 'No small print' initiative at this year's Focus 2007 exhibition in Manchester, to show how it delivers highly competitive managed service contracts with no hidden extras
News from Olympus UK (16 February 2007)
Olympus UK and Horiba ABX UK strike alliance
The intention is now to combine resources in order to present customers with an innovative and superior alternative to single source suppliers
News from Olympus UK (12 September 2006)
First multi-site application of blood tracker
User application article Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust rolls out pioneering Olympus osYris wireless blood tracking system across all four of its Oxfordshire hospitals
News from Olympus UK ( 5 April 2006)
Reagent capacity enormously expanded
Olympus has vastly expanded its worldwide capability for reagent manufacture with a newly expanded and redesigned production, research and development facility in County Clare, Ireland.
News from Olympus UK (24 October 2005)
Assay is used to measure Oxycodone in urine
Oxycodone is a potent pain medication and a nervous system depressant sold under the trade names OxyContin, Percodan, and Percocet, among others
News from Olympus UK (28 September 2005)
Easy calibration of urine chemistry
Allows for enhanced performance of urine assays by improved recoveries for samples requiring pre-dilution, and by minimising instrument variation, resulting in tighter control ranges
News from Olympus UK (23 September 2005)
Assays test for ampetamines and ecstasy
Assays for the qualitative or semi-quantitative analysis of amphetamines or methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and closely related drugs (MDEA and MDA) in human urine
News from Olympus UK (21 September 2005)
Olympus CRP latex assay receives FDA clearance
Olympus Diagnostic Systems has earned FDA clearance for its C-reactive protein (CRP) latex assay as an independent cardiac risk marker.
News from Olympus UK (31 August 2005)
Olympus builds manufacturing centre
Olympus is planning to build a manufacturing centre in Japan which, it claims, will double production capacity worldwide for its clinical analyzer product line.
News from Olympus UK (23 August 2005)
Olympus acquires Advalytix
Will apply Advalytix's technology to enhance analytical reactions on diagnostic instrumentation and to expand into new areas such as single-cell PCR or lab-on-a-chip in routine diagnostics
News from Olympus UK (22 August 2005)
Reagents, calibrators and controls for haemoglobin
Automated blood bank system now for use in USA
Sample management for the busy diagnostic lab
Olympus sponsors IBMS photography enthusiasts

