Diatron, Budapest, Hungary, a global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, has introduced a new high-throughput, five-part differential hematology analyzer with continuous-loading autoloader.

The Diatron Aquila 5Dretics is suitable for use in many environments, including centralized and decentralized laboratories as well as near-patient settings. A fully optical system with a maximum throughput of 80 tests per hour,  the Aquila 5Dretics is the smallest and most compact cap-piercing five-part differential analyzer to offer reticulocyte counting.

The instrument uses only two reagents, has low reagent consumption (Diatron.