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Siemens' Urine Chemistry Analyzer Is Semiautomatic

By Labmedica staff writers
Posted on 03 Apr 2007
A semiautomatic urine chemistry analyzer can perform up to 500 tests per hour.

The Clinitek Advantus analyzer is network-ready and has the ability to consolidate microscopic test results. More...
Technicians can enter results using the analyzer's touch screen or personal computer (PC) keyboard. The analyzer has enhanced quality control capabilities, and automatically prompts technicians to perform quality care (QC) testing.

The unit includes QC lockout and a simple one-touch operation allowing users to switch between different test configurations. Consolidated reports, including off-line urine-microscopy test results, can be printed and/or transmitted to laboratory or healthcare information systems (LIS or HIS).

Manufactured by Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (Tarrytown, NY, USA) the Clinitek Advantus urine chemistry analyzer is the newest member of the Clinitek family of urine analyzers. The Clinitek Advantus analyzer enables automated reading of Siemens' Multistix family of urinalysis testing strips in medium to high throughput settings. Dependable systems are critical to providing the level of service that hospitals and/or laboratories demand. Siemens' laboratory urinalysis portfolio provides options for productivity solutions that help meet those challenges, with high-quality test results.

Siemens' Clinitek Advantus urine chemistry analyzer is a high performance chemistry analyzer that requires no warm-up or calibration. The analyzer features an immediate start-up mode to streamline operations and its automatic calibration improves analytic accuracy. The system maintains a high throughput of seven sec per sample to boost laboratory productivity. In addition, the system offers three user-defined sieve functions that automatically flag abnormal results and identifies samples requiring follow-up testing.

A handheld bar-code reader is used to identify sample, color, and clarity values to minimize errors, and a large memory capacity stores 500 patient results for convenient data retrieval. The analyzer's memory stores an additional 200 control results for regulatory documentation and an easily replaceable program card quickly updates the unit's software to maintain state-of-the-art functionality.

The system uses Siemens' Multistix family of reagent test strips with test pads for leukocytes, protein, glucose, blood, ketone, specific gravity, nitrite, and pH, bilirubin, urobilinogen, creatinine, and protein to creatinine ratio for urine chemistry analysis. The Clinitek Advantus analyzer is available in the United States, Europe, and Japan.


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