CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
January 2018—EKF Diagnostics announced that its Stanbio Chemistry Procalcitonin LiquiColor assay has been FDA cleared and validated for use on Beckman Coulter AU480, 680, and 5800 clinical chemistry analyzers. EKF confirms the immediate availability of a user defined application for running this 10-minute test for bacterial infection and sepsis on these analyzers.
EKF’s PCT test is designed to be used on an open channel of many clinical chemistry analyzers, including Roche Cobas, Abbott Architect, and Hitachi systems. The availability of the user defined application on Beckman AU analyzers further increases the breadth of application of the LiquiColor PCT assay.
The immunoturbidimetric assay can determine PCT from 20 µL of serum and plasma specimens and features the use of monoclonal antibodies coated to latex particles. The reagent set requires no reagent preparation and is available in a liquid stable format.
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