URINARY SEDIMENT EXAMINATION

Product Line

Urasys

Background

Traditional microscopic examination of urine sediments is labour intensive and can be subject to great inconsistency as human variations in preparing and loading the samples take their effect. Automated urine readers have helped to reduce the problem, however as high as 40% of samples racked for automated urinalysis are referred back to the lab staff for further microscopic examination. This can create a daily burden on valuable staff time and resources and has other inherent disadvantages.

Product Description

Traditional Method

• Takes time to mix and subsequently load the sample onto the slide/coverslip.
• Viscous samples can obscure matter causing difficult and inaccurate reading.
• Migration of sample to the edge of the coverslip can cause difficult and inaccurate reading.
• The sampling process is messy and can cause contamination of work benches etc.
• Slides and coverslips add to costly “hazardous” disposal waste

Urasys Method

• Sample is mixed and loaded automatically onto the UraSlide'”.
• Viscous samples are easily diluted to provide a useful sample.
• There is no sample migration to the outside of the coverslip – the sample “floats” within the UraSlide'”.
• The sampling process is enclosed with no mess.
• There are no slides or coverslips – the UraSlide'” does this job and is re-usable.

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