Bio-Rad Showcases Comprehensive Range of Quality Control-Related Offerings

Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA, USA) is showcasing its comprehensive range of quality control-related offerings at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, AACC 2023, in Anaheim, Calif., July 23-27. At booth #3239 on the AACC 2023 exhibition floor, attendees can explore and learn about Bio-Rad’s leading QC products, including the new Cardiac Advance product, Exact Diagnostics branded infectious disease molecular quality controls & panels, the family of InteliQ Load-and-Go controls, and Unity Next Peer QC data management solutions.

At the Bio-Rad AACC booth, visitors can explore its new comprehensive, multi-analyte control optimized for high sensitivity Troponin testing. Containing the ten most tested cardiac analytes, Cardiac Advance Control offers a consolidated formula to monitor the precision of cardiac laboratory testing procedures in one comprehensive control. Additionally, Bio-Rad’s InteliQ Load-and-Go controls allow labs to transform their QC workflow with load-and-go efficiency. InteliQ quality controls empower labs by automating workflow - reducing turnaround time, limiting manual errors, and increasing overall efficiency. Visitors to the company’s booth can also learn more about its latest offering, Unity Next Peer QC, which is a simple peer comparison tool with instant access to peer reporting in a centralized, user-friendly platform. Built on the foundation of Unity and supported by comprehensive QC data, Unity Next helps labs confidently make decisions to mitigate QC errors and protect patient safety.

Image: The Cardiac Advance Control contains the ten most tested cardiac analytes (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad)

At AACC 2023, Bio-Rad is also demonstrating how to streamline diabetes testing with fast and accurate smart HPLC and perform A1c testing without common hemoglobin variant interference. The company is demonstrating the D-100 hemoglobin testing system, a fully automated, best-in-class HbA1c analyzer for high-volume labs. The D-100 delivers more results with less effort with SMART HPLC, without sacrificing quality or workflow efficiency. In addition, Bio-Rad is demonstrating the BioPlex 2200 System, a fully automated, random-access, track line compatible, multiplex platform. BioPlex 2200 improves turnaround time, throughput, and overall workflow efficiency. With over 50 multiplex assays, the BioPlex System consolidates autoimmune, infectious disease, and vitamin D testing. One of the highlighted events during the conference is Bio-Rad’s industry workshop titled “A New Era in Laboratory Quality – Managing Molecular QC Data.” The workshop aims to provide attendees with valuable insights, including a discussion on molecular QC data management workflow improvements post-Unity implementation, a description of the value of Unity in evaluating the performance of viral load assays, and an identification of three essential functions of Unity for QC data management.

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