QC Information Management System
Analyze quality control efforts
SoftTotalQC from SCC Soft Computer, Clearwater, Fla, is a multimodule quality control information management system developed to facilitate and analyze quality control efforts in the clinical laboratory setting. SoftTotalQC satisfies the quality control requirements of—and is fully integrated with—SCC’s SoftLab®, SoftMic®, SoftMedia®, and SoftBiochemistry®. For users with SCC’s SoftRad®, SoftRx®, and SoftBank®, SoftTotalQC functions as a stand-alone quality control system. Compatible with non-SCC laboratory information systems, SoftTotalQC enables users to conduct quality control activities for controls, reagents, media, panels, drugs, and equipment, as well as create lot records for items on which quality control is not performed, such as consumables, for the purpose of managing quality control and equipment maintenance activities and maintaining inventory control.
SCC Soft Computer
(727) 789-0100
www.softcomputer.com
Blood Bank, Transfusion Service Management System
Comprehensive testing solution
SoftBank II from SCC Soft Computer, Clearwater, Fla, is a blood bank and transfusion service management system that provides a comprehensive, cost-effective testing solution. SoftBank II operates on the UNIX operating system using the IBM 6000 series, allowing effortless LIS and HIS interface and connectivity. The database management system offers fast, direct linking between records and transactions, which dramatically increases levels of security and integrity when performing and documenting activities and events. As a major asset to the laboratory, SoftBank II provides critical safety functions throughout the system, allowing you to focus on what is important.
SCC Soft Computer
(727) 789-0100
www.softcomputer.com
Automated Hematology Stainers
Used for a variety of laboratory specimens
The QuickSlide Plus from GG&B Co, Wichita Falls, Tex, is a small and cost-effective automated hematology stainer that can be used for a variety of laboratory specimens. The system offers fast staining at 60 seconds for blood smears and takes up only 1 square foot of counter space. It also wastes into any approved container, so you can place the instrument anywhere in your lab, or right next to your microscope. Model #QS-29000 is servicing more than 500 hospitals in the United States and Europe. It will also do bone marrow samples with a special built-in program after you fix your slide.
GG&B Co
(800) 295-9588
www.quickslide.com
Data Management System
Generate accurate interpretations and meaningful reports
SoftMolecular from SCC Soft Computer, Clearwater, Fla, empowers pathologists, geneticists, and forensic scientists to manage data and analysis stemming from current molecular testing methods in order to generate accurate interpretations and meaningful reports. This user-friendly application enables users to streamline workflows, interface with automated instrumentation, manage patient and family cases, track sample storage, and control inventory. The SCC Genetics Information Systems Suite™ products allow communication with other laboratories, whether they are separate technology-based departments or multiple sites.
SCC Soft Computer
(727) 789-0100
www.softcomputer.com
Automated Laboratory Assistant
Twelve slides can be processed per run
The new ThermoBrite Elite from Iris Sample Processing, Westwood, Mass, automates the pre- and post-hybridization steps in FISH testing and provides onboard denaturation and hybridization. The system offers the same accurate temperature control of ± 1°C as the original ThermoBrite Denaturation/Hybridization system. Twelve slides can be processed per run. An easy-to-use graphic user interface offers standard protocols for blood, urine, or solid-tumor FISH procedures, or users can customize protocols for other tests. Up to 10 reagents can be dispensed, and there are three independent waste ports for proper disposal. The system is a small benchtop unit that can fit virtually anywhere in the laboratory.
Iris Sample Processing
(781) 551-0100
www.thermobrite-elite.com
Acid Fast Bacillus Single-Slide Stainer
Rapid method for identification of mycobacterial organisms
For tuberculosis testing, GG&B, Wichita Falls, Tex, offers the cost-effective AFB-0010 Acid Fast Bacillus single-slide stainer, providing a rapid method for identification of mycobacterial organisms. On the hands-free instrument, each prefixed slide is automatically stained and rinsed in 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The instrument offers quality and consistency for every test. Counterstain quenches fluorescence of all nonacid fast organisms and debris, resulting in a cleaner field of view. It is just as sensitive as other auramine stains. The system is suited for the point-of-care physician needing quick results to start diagnosis or the smaller lab just initiating tuberculosis testing in their lab.
GG&B Co
(800) 295-9588
www.quickslide.com
Single-Slide Stainer
Operator-friendly tool for gram staining
With minimal daily maintenance, the AGS-1000 Automated Gram Stainer from GG&B, Wichita Falls, Tex, is an operator-friendly tool for gram staining in labs of all sizes. This single-slide stainer is ready 24/7, automatically adjusts for sample thickness, and has individual preference controls for color intensity. Each slide is automatically stained, decolorized, and counterstained in 3.5 to 4.5 minutes. The AGS-1000 has an automatic cleaning cycle and alerts the operator as to when to change tubing and remaining tests on the stain kit. For the lab performing 5- to 30-gram stains, this instrument is suitable for the larger hospital facility that might be having consistency issues. It also offers a small countertop size and wastes into any approved container, so you do not need to place it by the sink.
GG&B Co
(800) 295-9588
www.quickslide.com
Plasma and Laboratory Freezers
Available in 5-, 20-, and 25-cubic-foot models
i.Series® and Horizon Series™ Freezers from HELMER, Noblesville, Ind, are available in 5-, 20-, and 25-cubic-foot models. The i.C³™ door-mounted user interface with full-color touch screen anchors the i.Series line, providing constant temperature monitoring and multiple information logs that can be downloaded. Horizon Series models offer a temperature controller with a built-in alarm. Both lines feature programmable automatic defrost, bacteria-resistant powder coating, and custom storage options.
HELMER
(317) 773-9073
www.helmerinc.com
Upright Refrigerators
Laboratory/pharmacy and blood bank models
i.Series® and Horizon Series™ Upright Refrigerators from HELMER, Noblesville, Ind, are available in laboratory/pharmacy and blood bank models from 11 to 56 cubic feet. They offer chamber temperature uniformity with quick recovery, bacteria-resistant powder coating, self-closing doors, and LED lighting. i.Series models include a door-mounted i.C³™ user interface with full-color touch screen. Horizon Series models include a temperature controller with alarm/monitoring system. Shelves, roll-out baskets, and drawers provide custom storage options.
HELMER
(317) 773-9073
www.helmerinc.com
Gram Stainer
Provides multislide staining
The MGS-80 Gram Stainer from GG&B, Wichita Falls, Tex, offers throughput of 70 to 80 slides per hour. The device is totally hands free; each slide is automatically stained, decolorized, counterstained, and dried. The company’s patented electronic eye in the MGS-80 precisely decolorizes every slide perfectly, regardless of sample type. The MGS-80 provides multislide staining, is sized to fit on any lab countertop, and can be easily updated through an Internet connection. The MGS-80 features an automatic cleaning cycle for ease of maintenance and peak performance. It also features STAT capability for a single slide when needed. An automatic fluid-level sensor aids in minimal reagent consumption and overflow prevention. The MGS-80 also allows for waste to be captured in an appropriate waste container with no need for sink drain.
GG&B Co
(800) 295-9588
www.quickslide.com
Undercounter Refrigerators
Can be used freestanding or stacked
i.Series® and Horizon Series™ Undercounter Refrigerators are available in laboratory/pharmacy and blood bank models. They feature temperature uniformity with quick recovery, a self-closing door with magnetic latch, and bacteria-resistant powder coating. These units can be placed under the counter, used freestanding, and stacked. i.Series models include a door-mounted i.C³™ user interface with full-color touch screen. Horizon Series models include a door-mounted alarm/monitoring system. LED lighting, swivel casters, and a glass door are also available.
HELMER
(317) 773-9073
www.helmerinc.com
HbA1c Analyzer
Autosampler capacity of 210 patient samples
The Premier Hb9210™ from Trinity Biotech, Jamestown, NY, is a next-generation, fast, reliable, and safe HbA1c analyzer. Delivering substantial workflow benefits, the platform is suited for the most demanding laboratory environments. It provides an autosampler capacity of 210 patient samples and continuous loading of samples, combined with an analysis time of just 66 seconds, with a CV below 2%. Using Trinity’s patented boronate affinity technology, the Premier Hb9210 offers accurate and precise results in a rapid and highly scalable package. The system is also free of interference from common hemoglobin variants. The instrument consists of an integrated HPLC system, a compact sample handler, and the workstation with Trinity’s Affinity™ control software. A touchscreen user interface and easy-to-interpret results allow users to accurately determine HbA1c results for any workload.
Trinity Biotech USA Inc
(716) 483-3851
www.trinitybiotech.com
Middleware Software Platform
Control over hematology workflow
Sysmex WAM Select™ from Sysmex America Inc, Mundelein, Ill, is a middleware software platform enabling enhanced efficiency and control over hematology workflow and results management for small- to medium-sized clinical laboratories performing less than 350 hematology orders per day. The easy-to-use hematology software solution for clinical laboratories with Sysmex® X-Series instruments and the Sysmex SP-1000i™ slidemaker/stainer interfaces to both instruments. It then interfaces through a single ASTM interface to the LIS. This streamlined approach saves testing time and may also save on LIS interface charges. Data is stored online for up to 90 days (depending on the lab’s LIS criteria) for easy access and delta checking. The system includes a hematology-specific rules library with true auto-validation capability; and it is packaged to enable fast installation with minimal disruption to laboratory operations. Sysmex WAM Select is the second product of the Sysmex WAM middleware portfolio.
Sysmex America Inc
(800) 379-7639
www.sysmex.com/us
STAT Assays
Produce the same critical results in half the time
The 9-Minute STAT assays for troponin T, troponin I, NT-proBNP, CK-MB, and myoglobin from Roche Diagnostics Corp, Indianapolis, provide significant turnaround-time improvement on the cobas® 8000 modular analyzer series. On average, these STAT assays can produce the same critical results in half the time with only one simple blood draw obtained via the Roche OneTUBE® solution—a faster, more efficient way to deliver accurate results without sacrificing performance, precision, or sensitivity. Laboratories can run a comprehensive battery of cardiac STAT tests to provide accurate results faster than current testing methods.
Roche Diagnostics Corp
(317) 521-2000
www.roche-diagnostics.us
Modular Analyzer Series
Offers consolidation and workflow efficiencies
The cobas® 8000 modular analyzer series from Roche Diganostics Corp, Indianapolis, is a third-generation integrated modular platform. It is designed to bring consolidation and workflow efficiencies to the high- and very high-volume testing laboratories (greater than two million clinical chemistry and immunoassay tests per year). The series consists of four analytical chemistry/immunoassay modules (cobas c 702, cobas c 502, cobas ISE module, and cobas e 602) that can be configured into 24 unique combinations to fit the needs of a wide variety of testing environments. In addition to having several features new to the cobas analyzer series, the system can run an integrated CC/IA menu throughput of up to 4,740 tests/hour or serve as a single high-volume automation chemistry platform with a throughput of up to 9,800 tests/hour while using only a single entry point. The system is also designed to share a common user interface and common reagents with the cobas 6000 and cobas 4000 analyzer series, Roche’s systems for mid-volume and low-volume testing.
Roche Diagnostics Corp
(317) 521-2000
www.roche-diagnostics.us
Liquid, Easy-to-Use Kit
Tests linearity for Total 25 (OH) Vitamin D
Maine Standards Co LLC, Windham, Me, offers VALIDATE® VIT D, a liquid, easy-to-use kit that tests linearity for Total 25 (OH) vitamin D in a human serum-based matrix. The VALIDATE product line offers multiple configurations designed to challenge your instruments’ reportable range. The company’s technical support experts and data-reduction services are provided free of charge with the purchase of any VALIDATE product. Maine Standards will return your completed reports, including linearity and peer group analysis, within 5 business days, or for instant linearity results, download the free MSDRx® linearity software.
Maine Standards Co LLC
(207) 892-1300
www.mainestandards.com
Automation Solution
Offers integration of HbA1c testing onto a single “island” of automation
Sysmex Lavender Top Management® from Sysmex America Inc, Mundelein, Ill, is a comprehensive automation solution that maximizes operational efficiencies, provides quality clinical information, and minimizes “sample touch points” throughout the entire testing process. This solution also offers integration of both hematology and diabetes (HbA1c) testing onto a single “island” of automation. Lavender Top Management enables laboratories to realize virtually hands-free analysis of greater than 90% of high-volume EDTA tests and management of virtually 100% of EDTA tubes through sample sorting, rerouting, and archiving. Lavender Top Management is driven by Sysmex WAM™ Decision Support Software for the Clinical Laboratory. This library of simple and/or complex rules is customized to a laboratory’s best practices and unique workflow, standardizes processes, and positions the laboratory for future growth. With a reduction in draw volumes and better clinical information, laboratories and hospitals can provide a higher level of service and efficiency to their patients with this solution, according to the company.
Sysmex America Inc
(800) 379-7639
www.sysmex.com/us
