HORIBA is expanding its coagulation range with the UK launch of its new fully automated haemostasis analysers – the high-capacity Yumizen G1500h/G1550h and benchtop Yumizen G800h/G850h. 

Both can improve accuracy by readily identifying potentially problematic samples through detection and analysis of HIL interferences (haemolysis, icterus, and lipemia) per coagulation test, and automatically checking the primary tube for high and low fill levels.

The devices were showcased at the IBMS Congress in Birmingham, UK.

Other products on show included the new clinical chemistry reagents, such as the unique POINTE Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) assay used for the quantitative determination of G6PD enzyme activity in blood. The G6PD test provides a specific level of G6PD deficiency severity, and hence risk of haemolytic crisis from triggering factors, in line with World Health Organisation classifications. Also, unlike other G6PD assays, which require 30 minutes of sample preparation steps, the POINTE G6PD assay needs just a single 5-minute lysing step and can be on-board lysed, reducing the time to results for G6PD activity levels in whole blood.

The G6PD assay is CE marked and can be automated on HORIBA’s Pentra C400 clinical chemistry analyser, as well as those of other manufacturers.

Also at the IBMS Congress for the first time is HORIBA’s recently introduced Cube S tube sorter. This robotic workstation can manage pre and post analytical sorting, storing and tracking of sample tubes within laboratories, enabling them to improve productivity and efficiency in their workflows.

For more information:
Yumizen G1500h/G1550h
https://www.horiba.com/gbr/medical/products/detail/action/show/Product/yumizen-g1500h-g1550h-6055/
Yumizen G800h/G850h
https://www.horiba.com/gbr/medical/products/detail/action/show/Product/yumizen-g800h-g850h-6059/
G6PD assay
https://www.horiba.com/gbr/medical/products/clinical-chemistry/g6pd-deficiency-and-testing/
Cube S tube sorter
https://www.horiba.com/gbr/medical/products/detail/action/show/Product/cube-s-3395/#c15

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