CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
August 2018—Ortho Clinical Diagnostics received the CE mark for the Ortho Vitros XT 7600 integrated chemistry system. The digital chemistry is based on three technologies: dry slide, microslide, and digital imaging. Dry slide technology does not require water to run, which eliminates the risk of poor water quality affecting test results. Microslides enable precise and accurate testing in a waterless environment on a postage-stamp-size piece of film. With digital imaging, the “advanced optics glean significantly more information from testing than has been possible to date, enabling better precision and powerful data intelligence functions in the lab,” according to a press release from Ortho. With XT MicroSlides (in development), the instrument will be able to run two separate lab tests simultaneously, which reduces the amount of blood needed for testing.