In house Haematology

RE: In house Haematology

nickyc — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:30:55 GMT

Don't buy a Lasercyte... We use external lab and the qbc and fresh smear if we need a inhouse haem asap..

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bumble bee — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:55:38 GMT

We have the Horibac vet abc plus.Find it better than others I have used .Does require backing up & reagent packs changing but on the whole works well without much interference.

RE: In house Haematology

Sal the 1st — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:17:13 GMT

Do any of the companies you are looking at have a loaner machine they can lend you to trial? - might be the best way of finding out what is best for you?

RE: In house Haematology

sarahjune84 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:48:23 GMT

Thanks for your opinions. Had idexx round. Going to look at the Vet abc Plus Analyser by HORIBA next, anyone used this machine?

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Clare Ball — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:50:44 GMT

We use the IDEXX procyte as this is the external lab we use so our in house machines come for there. It's brilliant, get results within 2 minutes everything plotted on a graph and access to online stuff that plots all previous results against each other for each patient.

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SuzyM — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:52:30 GMT

Hi, we use an Abaxis HM2; we find it very reliable, easy to use and QC results compare well consistently to external reference laboratory.

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Laura Ringsell — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:55:18 GMT

I agree with Sal (but I can't seem to quote!) lasercyte can be frustrating and the QBC although old and limited should give you what you need on a daily basis especially if you can evaluate a blood smear which lets face it is a good skill to learn and polish, if necessary spend your money on some training and a decent microscope. For anything else send away to your extrenal lab.

RE: In house Haematology

Sal the 1st — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:19:21 GMT

for me personally (and other people may have had a better experience) I wouldn't bother with a lasercyte - when it works its ok, but has too great a repertoire of error messages for my liking expensive bit of kit both in finances and patience - and I have used at least 4 different machines in different places -frustrating to put it bluntly. If you are looking for something basic and are able to confirm any suspect results yourself with a smear you could do a lot worse than a QBC - just dont believe everything it tells you esp re platelets and eosinophils. thats just my take on it.

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PSA-David — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:30:25 GMT

simple thing is what external labs do you use?? as at my previous practice, we used idexx, so all of our in house labs were rented/bought,, therefore discounts on slides tests etc. also the service and upgrades were great.