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Reduce Laboratory Costs Without Compromising on Quality or Performance

Randox Laboratories Ltd.
27 Sept 2015
Lois Manton-O'Byrne, PhD
Executive Editor

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Randox is a world leading provider of multi-analyte, third party controls designed to streamline Quality Control in even the most demanding laboratories. Following the success of our Immunoassay Premium Plus control, and a multitude of requests from our customers, we launched our Liquid Immunoassay Premium Plus control in late 2014.

With more than 50 analytes present at clinically relevant levels, including routine tumour & cardiac markers, therapeutic drugs and vitamin D, the Acusera Liquid Immunoassay Premium Plus control was designed with consolidation in mind. As such, our revolutionary Liquid Immunoassay Premium Plus control will ultimately reduce costs within your laboratory without compromising on quality or performance. Furthermore, the liquid format of the control requires minimal preparation, reducing the risk of pipetting errors and saving valuable laboratory time.

Our high quality material has been manufactured from human serum obtained from the UK Blood Transfusion Service. Each donor is screened for infectious diseases using immunoassay techniques and specific DNA tests to detect any antibodies or viruses that may be present, even at early stages of infection. Our view to end user safety and quality is the crux of all Randox control manufacturing, ensuring our quality controls have a similar matrix to a patient sample. With no animal additives present in our Immunoassay controls you can be assured that our Liquid Immunoassay Premium Plus control will behave in the same manner as a patient sample, as recommended by ISO 15189:2012.

An important consideration when choosing the right quality control for you is the shelf-life of the product. Our Liquid Immunoassay Premium Plus control is stable until expiry and assigned reliable open vial stability claims, giving you a definitive time frame in which your results would be accurate and therefore reduce waste. At Randox we pride ourselves in not misleading customers with false stability claims for our analytes. Due to the excellent shelf life of our quality controls the same batch can be used for longer, meaning the risk of lot to lot variation is greatly reduced.

Complementing our Acusera range of true third party controls we also have our Acusera 24.7 Interlaboratory Data Management software. Acusera 24.7 is an effective IQC and peer group reporting program, which will enable you to improve you laboratory’s analytical performance, meet regulatory requirements and ensure accurate test results. By employing our software and controls in your laboratory you can benefit from our full IQC package.

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The Randox Acusera Immunoassay Premium Plus quality control covers an impressive 54 analytes with assayed instrument specific target values and ranges provided for up to 51 analytes. The unique combination of routine tumour markers, therapeutic drugs and Vitamin D allows laboratories to dramatically reduce the number of controls required while ultimately keeping costs to a minimum. Three levels of control are available with analytes present at clinically significant levels.Features & BenefitsLyophilised for enhanced stability100% human serumAssayed, instrument specific target values provided for up to 51 parametersFerritin and Vitamin B12 levels suitable for anaemia monitoringUltra low TSH levels in the level 1 controlStable to expiry date at 2°C – 8°CReconstituted stability of 7 days at 2°C – 8°C or 4 weeks at -20°CContains routinely run tumour markers: AFP/CA15-3/CA19-9/CA-125/CEA/PSA/Free-PSADescription - Size - Analytes - Cat NoImmunoassay Premium Plus Level 1 - 12 x 5ml - 54 - IA3109Immunoassay Premium Plus Level 2 - 12 x 5ml - 54 - IA3110Immunoassay Premium Plus Level 3 - 12 x 5ml - 54 - IA3111Immunoassay Premium Plus Tri-Level - 4 x 3 x 5ml - 54 - IA3112Analytes:ACTHAcetaminophenAFPAldosteroneAmikacinAndrostenedioneB2 MicroglobulinCA 15-3CA 19-9CA 125CEACarbamazepineC peptidehCGCortisolDHEA SulphateDigoxinEstriol*EthosuximideFerritinFolateFree T3Free T4FSHGentamicinGrowth HormoneIgEInsulinLeutinising HormoneOestradiolPhenobarbitalPhenytoinProgesteronePrimidoneProlactinPSA (Free)PSA (Total)17-OH-ProgesteroneSalicylateSHBGTestosteroneTestosterone (free)*TheophyllineThyroglobulinTotal T3Total T4TobramycinTSHT UptakeValproic AcidVancomycinVitamin B121-25-(OH)2 Vitamin D*25-OH-Vitamin D

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Acusera 24•7 Live Online is an interlaboratory data management and peer group reporting package complementing the Acusera range of true third party quality controls. Designed to assist in the management of daily QC activities, Acusera 24•7 Live Online will help to meet regulatory requirements, improve error detection, reduce false rejections and ensure accurate patient results.Delivering an online platform for effective QC data management, our software provides unique access to instantly updated real-time peer group data, automatically generated QC statistics, QC multi-rules, interactive charts and comprehensive reports.

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