Original vs. Spurious Reagents for Hematology Analyzers – By HORIBA Medical

Abstract

When you can’t prescribe spurious medicines to your patient, why spurious reagents to Blood Analyzer? Should doctor prescribe spurious medicines to his patient? Have you ever used duplicate fuel in your personal vehicle? Do you allow your child to go for local soft drink instead of Coke or Pepsi? And last but not the least;Koolgatecannot replace Colgate for your dental hygiene, just to save few dollars and compromise on quality of your personal life? We all will unanimously agree without exception considering level of education or profession.

Under similar considerations and intentions, this also applies while talking about blood testing instruments.The consequences are long-lasting and severe because it’s not just vehicle, single patient or personal dental hygiene but about the entire population getting served by the results of that blood testing analyzer. All reports will guide umpteen number of surgeries and treatment protocols based on the report it generate after consuming reagents used in its system. The quality of reagentsdecides the accuracy and reliability of results for clinical decision making. In turn, accuracy and reliability of results will decide the success of treatment or surgery or avoiding unnecessary medicine prescription.