The new Clinical Chemistry HbA1c assay from Axis-Shield allows you to consolidate HbA1c testing into your routine chemistry laboratory workflow. Reagents can be directly loaded to many instruments so pre-analytical operator handling time is reduced and the use of two ready-to-use liquid-stable reagents removes the need for reagent preparation or pooling. The simple assay protocol can be adapted to any chemistry analyser.
Highly accurate and precise, the NGSP-certified assay has excellent correlation with other methodologies and no significant interference from common Hb variants. Additionally, the assay utilises a specific anti-HbA1c antibody and therefore does not require a separate Hb measurement.
30-day instrument on-board reagent stability and 14-day calibration stability reduces reagent handling and instrument calibration.
Lyophilised calibrators and controls are also available.
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With the introduction of the two 15 mL and 50 mL screw cap tubes, Eppendorf Tubes now cover the entire volume range from 0.5 mL to 50 mL. The newly designed screw caps provide not only optimal sealing properties, but with their grooved and multi-surface side-contour they simultaneously ensure a secure, slip-free grip. The optimized handling features further facilitate safe opening and closing of the tubes via convenient one-handed operation. The Eppendorf Conical Tubes are further characterized by an expanded purity grade: they are not only sterile and pyrogen-free, but they are also free from DNases and RNases as well as human and bacterial DNA. These features make them ideally suited for cell biology applications in a sterile environment as well as for laboratory protocols in the fields of microbiology and molecular biology, which rely on freedom from contaminations with DNA. The highest level of manufacturing precision and robustness ensures smooth performance of these tubes in laboratory instruments such as centrifuges or thermomixers.

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The ImmuLex™ S. pneumoniae Omni is a rapid latex agglutination test for detection of S. pneumoniae.
It is a ready-to-use latex test for quick detection of 92 S. pneumoniae serotypes directly from a positive blood culture or from a pure culture. A positive reaction is visible to the naked eye within 5 seconds for blood culture and 10 seconds for pure culture.

Target group: Clinical microbiology laboratories, reference laboratories.

Features: Quick detection of all 92 serotypes of S. pneumoniae., positive reaction within 5 seconds (quickest reaction time on the market), time saving as there is no need for preliminary preparation of culture, the test can be made directly on a sample from the blood culture bottle, high sensitivity and specificity.

ImmuLex™ S. pneumoniae Omni kit contains a bottle of latex particles coated with pneumococcal antiserum raised in rabbits (0.0975% sodium azide as preservation), a positive and a negative control, and 25 reaction cards. ImmuLex™ S. pneumoniae Omni is provided in a 1 mL vial, which corresponds to approximately 75 tests.
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The liquid-stable reagent from Analyticon is produced by utilizing the most advanced technology in PT testing as it is based on a recombinant human tissue factor (TF). It is used for the quantitative determination of Prothrombin Time (PT) in human citrated plasma and the evaluation of extrinsic coagulation factor assays II, V, VII and X. The sensitivity of PT tests towards vitamin K-dependent clotting factors strongly depends upon the source and type of the TF. Since the recombinant TF in the PT reagent from Analyticon does not contain any contaminating coagulation factors it is particularly appropriate for extrinsic pathway factor assays and for monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT). The recombinant PT is a liquid-stable reagent with excellent open and closed vial stability (> 12 months at 2-8°). The instrument-based ISI of approximately 1.0 has been calibrated against an International Reference Preparation for accurate INR results. An ISI values of 1.0 or below demonstrates the sensitivity and responsiveness towards oral anticoagulants.
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The Genspeed C.diff OneStep test identifies toxigenic C. difficile by combining detection of Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH), Toxin A, Toxin B and binary toxin in a single, molecular diagnostic test. The complete analysis including the detection on the Genspeed R2 analyser takes under 100 min. The new test addresses one of the most serious threats to healthcare systems worldwide, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which is believed to be the most common healthcareassociated infection. The disease is causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) that may lead to pseudomembranous colitis and even to death. In a 2013 pub-lished report, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the USA categorized C. difficile infections as “Threat Level Urgent”, the highest level available. The Genspeed C.diff OneStep test features a simple, one-step molecular diagnostic test, avoiding the currently used sequential 2-step diagnostic test procedures which combine different test systems and assay principles for GDH and the C. difficile toxins. The rapid test provides conclusive results without the need for confirmatory re-testing and enables inter-laboratory comparisons of test results. Ready-touse reagents and automated dispensing minimize the number of manual process steps within the workflow. The Genspeed R2 analyser represents a reliable solution for customers interested in fast and accurate results. The virtually service-free system is simple to operate and is available at an attractive cost-benefit ratio. Genspeed products are currently available for sale in the EU and EFTA countries only. Availability in other countries outside the US is on request.
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