New Liquid Quality Control Sera Available Now

11 Feb 2010
Sarah Sarah
Marketing / Sales

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The Randox Acusera range of quality control sera is set to expand with the introduction of our new liquid ready to use QC. Liquid controls eliminate the need for reconstitution minimising the risk of human error saving labs both time and money in the process.

As always with Randox the new range guarantees the same great performance and high quality as our existing controls. In fact Randox controls are well known to be of the highest quality and the most accurate, stable and consistent controls on the market.

Liquid stable controls will be available for:

• Clinical Chemistry
• Immunoassay
• Cardiac
• Blood Gas
• Urinalysis

Unreliable performance can result in the misdiagnosis of patients and cause delays in treatment, the use of internal quality controls is therefore important not only in detecting errors within the lab but in providing patients with reliable results and the best possible care.

Randox can also provide customised quality control materials tailor made to fit customer specifications.

In addition to our extensive range of quality control materials Randox provide 24/7 an internet driven peer group reporting system and RIQAS, an external quality assurance scheme providing customers with 15 EQA programmes.

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