Bio-Rad D-10 Hemoglobin Testing System: Comprehensive Automation for HbA1c and HbA2/F Testing
The Bio-Rad D-10 Hemoglobin testing system offers comprehensive, fully automated HbA1c and HbA2/F testing within a compact footprint. Tailored for clinics, physician offices, and clinical laboratories with small to medium sample volumes, the D-10 System, featuring an integrated computer, seamlessly fits into almost any laboratory setup, conserving valuable bench space. Its user-friendly interface simplifies the entire process, from reagent preparation to result analysis, ensuring ease of use and facilitating staff training.
With automated functionalities and a multilingual user interface, integrating the D-10 System into the laboratory workflow is effortless. Colored, calibrated peaks on the chromatogram enhance result interpretation, while dedicated windows display common hemoglobin variants, further aiding in analysis. Moreover, personalized report headers allow laboratories to add their logo or name to all results, fostering a professional image.
The system offers versatile result delivery options, including file transfer, USB drive, network folder, or direct printing using the optional D-10 Printer Installation Kit. Chromatogram exportation enables linkage with results on the Laboratory Information System (LIS), ensuring comprehensive data management and analysis.
Utilizing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) technology, the D-10 System provides both numerical results and visual representations of separated hemoglobin fractions, enabling clinicians to distinguish between different hemoglobin variants based on charge differences. This capability is crucial as it offers clinical insights that other methods cannot provide, aiding in the interpretation of HbA1c results and facilitating informed treatment decisions in the presence of potential interferences.
As the incidence of diabetes continues to rise globally, the demand for HbA1c testing is expected to increase accordingly. The Bio-Rad D-10 Hemoglobin testing system is designed to evolve alongside the expanding needs of your laboratory, eliminating the necessity of purchasing a new system or conducting validation studies when scaling up testing capacity. With the D-10 System, you can seamlessly expand your walkaway capacity by integrating a D-10 Rack Loader, requiring only a single service visit for installation. This scalability enhances HbA1c efficiency and overall laboratory productivity, ensuring that your lab can effectively meet the growing demand for diabetes testing.
Moreover, the D-10 System features an onboard QC Module, offering fixed ranges and Levey-Jennings reports to visualize QC trends effortlessly. By plotting QC data over time and calculating mean, standard deviation, and CV, the system provides comprehensive insights into quality control performance. The option to export QC results to Unity Real Time streamlines QC management, reducing hands-on time and enabling full automation of the laboratory's QC program.
Additionally, the system offers the flexibility to halt sample processing when QC is flagged, preventing the release of erroneous patient results to the LIS and preserving patient samples for rerun after resolving QC failures. Optional implementation of Westgard rules, such as the 2-2s rule and 1-3s rule, enhances quality control by flagging deviations from the mean based on established thresholds, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of test results.
Cybersecurity is a paramount concern for modern laboratories, and the Bio-Rad D-10 Hemoglobin testing system prioritizes data protection and system integrity. With the AppLocker whitelisting utility, the D-10 software configuration is securely locked down, ensuring that only known and approved programs can be executed, mitigating the risk of unauthorized access or malicious software installation. Furthermore, the system operates on the Microsoft Windows 10 OS, which guarantees ongoing support for security updates, essential for maintaining robust defense mechanisms against evolving cyber threats.
To bolster cybersecurity measures further, the D-10 System offers optional AI-driven CylancePROTECT antivirus software. This advanced antivirus solution utilizes artificial intelligence algorithms to proactively detect and defend against online threats, providing an additional layer of protection for your laboratory's data and systems. With these comprehensive cybersecurity features in place, users can have confidence in the security and integrity of their laboratory operations when utilizing the Bio-Rad D-10 Hemoglobin testing system.
