Higher COVID-19 Mortality for SCD
A recent post on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website offered a warning that COVID-19 patients who also have Sickle Cell Disea…
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Clinical laboratory technologists know they can rely on a control manufactured by Streck. This reputation for excellence is the driving force behind Streck’s body fluid control products, including manual and automated body fluid controls, sperm count controls and patient-like urinalysis controls.
Streck customers also have access to STATS®, a free interlaboratory quality control program with peer group data comparison and online submission.
Cell-Chex®
Cell-Chex is a multi-level manual cerebrospinal and body fluid control for evaluating the accuracy and precision of hemacytometer RBC and WBC counts, urate and CPPD crystal identification …
Cell-Chex® Auto
Cell-Chex Auto is an automated body fluid cell count control for Abbott, Beckman Coulter, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Sysmex hematology analyzers. The tri-level control verifies instrument …
Sperm-Chex®
Sperm-Chex is the only FDA-cleared manual sperm count control that contains real stabilized sperm cells, not latex beads. The manual sperm count control can be handled like a patient sample …
Sperm-Chex® Post VC
Sperm-Chex Post VC is the only FDA-cleared post-vasectomy sperm count control that contains real stabilized sperm cells, not latex beads. The manual sperm count control can be handled like …
UA-Cellular® Complete
UA-Cellular Complete is a comprehensive, combined chemistry and sediment urinalysis control designed specifically for the Siemens CLINITEK Atlas / Sysmex UF-1000i and …
UA-Cellular® for IQ
UA-Cellular for IQ is an assayed cellular urine control designed to evaluate the accuracy and precision of Iris iQ urinalysis instruments. It is the only automated urinalysis control on the market …
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