The new MassChrom  kit from Chromsystems allows the reliable determination of EtG and EtS from urine with robustness and precision. The assay is validated according to the guidelines of the GTFCh (Society of Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry) for quality assurance and enables the determination of both parameters with one sample preparation and one single injection with an analysis time of 6 minutes. The straightforward and efficient sample preparation consists of a single pipetting step that includes the instrument-specific dilution. The human-matrix based 6PLUS1 Multilevel Calibrator Set and MassCheck controls ensure precision and accuracy of results. Typically, less than 0.1 % of the consumed ethanol is present as the glucurono- or sulpho-conjugated configuration, which is excreted as ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulphate (EtS), both detectable for a sustained period in comparison to ethanol. Thus, EtG and EtS close the gap between short-term markers (i.e. ethanol itself) and long-term markers such as carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT).

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Zivak Technologies supplies ready to use LC-MS/MS and HPLC analysis kits with its own fully automated sample preparation and injection system which enables laboratories to make efficient use of their LC-MS/MS as well as HPLC instruments. Many scientific studies and papers show the inaccuracy of measuring total vitamin D with commercial immunoassays without separating and measuring vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 metabolites individually. HPLC and LC-MS/ MS methods are accepted as the Gold standard for separate analysis of 25-OH metabolites of vitamin D. Usage of these chromatographic methods is increasing significantly in clinical laboratories in recent years. Many of these laboratories cannot use their systems effectively due to the fact that these systems require qualified staff, complex sample preparation steps, high kit prices/ operation costs and do not allow walk-away operation. The VD-200 was especially designed for routine vitamin D2/D3 testing clinical labs. VD-200 enables to analyse vitamin D2/ D3 samples fully automatically – without any human intervention – from primer sample tube. The company offers higher sensitivity than entry level LC- MS/MS thanks to the newly designed Special D detector. This system is fully validated with the Zivak vitamin D2/D3 UHPLC analysis kit which includes all necessary reagents, calibrator and controls. It offers a complete solution to clinical laboratories performing routine vitamin D2/ D3 assays on HPLC-UV and LC-MS/MS systems. As they have a large number of vitamin D2/D3 samples, they cannot run all the other LC-MS/MS specific analyses on their LC-MS/MS systems effectively. The VD-200 has been designed especially for this kind of laboratory, providing a cost-effective and fully automated system that frees expensive LC-MS/MS systems for specific tests which have to be run on LC-MS/MS systems. The innovative design of the VD-200 enables barcode reading, reagent adding, vortex mixing, centrifuge and injection processes to be done by robotic arms. The system provides 240 accurate results in 12 hours fully automatically.
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Advanced Instruments, Inc. has received clearance from the U.S. FDA to market its GloCyte Automated Cell Counter System and GloCyte Low and High Level Controls.
The patented GloCyte System is intended to provide a quantitative determination of red blood cells (RBCs) and total nucleated cells (TNCs) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collected from adult and pediatric patients. CSF is collected when physicians rely on cell counts to assist the diagnosis of infections, inflammatory processes, hemorrhage, leukemia, and malignancies that may involve the central nervous system (CNS). Currently, low cell counts can present a challenge to standard methods.  
GloCyte uses a novel combination of fluorescence, microscopy with digital image analysis principles, highly specific reagents, and an intelligent counting algorithm to provide accurate and precise cell counts.
Additional benefits of the GloCyte System are that the test requires only 30 microliters of sample per test, it uses disposable test cartridges ensuring no sample carryover and easy disposal, and it includes built-in quality control of Levey-Jennings charts and an audit table.
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ELITechGroup Molecular Diagnostics and Precision System Science, Co., Ltd (PSS), a Japan-based global provider of laboratory instruments for nucleic acid extraction, jointly announced the upcoming CE-IVD marking of ELITe InGenius for IVD applications in Europe and the upcoming availability of the instrument as Laboratory Use Equipment in the US.
ELITe InGenius automatically performs all the steps of molecular diagnostics including extraction, amplification and result analysis. 1 to 12 samples can be processed with greater flexibility offering the possibility to potentially mix any kind of sample matrices within the same run and perform multiple and independent PCR even with completely diverse thermal profiles simply on demand. In addition, each of the 12 real-time PCR thermal cyclers is equipped with 6-optical channels, supplemented when appropriate with melt-curve analysis to provide extended multiplexing capability. The system is enabled with a unique real-time PCR menu based on ELITechGroup’s proven MGB technology, providing a rapid introduction of CE-IVD infectious disease menu for transplant monitoring and Healthcare Acquired Infections. The versatile system can also be used as an open platform running laboratory developed tests or other tests of interest. The ELITe InGenius combines unique capabilities not available on other sample-to-result systems, like universal extraction, storage of extracted nucleic acid and multiple and independently controlled RT PCR with multiplexing capabilities, offering to the laboratory an unprecedented flexibility and assay menu possibility. ELITechGroup has more than 12 assays in the pipeline for infectious disease testing.

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