TWO new low-cost point-of-care (POC) analysers, for diabetes management and ketosis testing, will be introduced at November’s Medica exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, by EKF Diagnostics. The show will see the European launch of the Quo-Lab glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) analyser for…
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Point of care HbA1c analyser matches lab quality
NEW semi-automated HbA1c analyser promising accurate and low cost diagnostics for use at point of care or in the laboratory is now CE-certified and is to be launched across Europe. Quo-Lab from EKF Diagnostics uses the boronate affinity florescence method…
Measuring breath acetone for diabetes diagnosis
DETECTING small quantities of acetone and other ketones in human breath is an important diagnostic tool for diabetes, but the standard technique for doing this involves the complication and expense of a mass spectrometer. Now Oxford Medical Diagnostocs (OMD) says…