Modern labs have a lot on the go. You’re facing ever-growing pressures on time and productivity. You’re asked to do more, more, and even more day after day.
The Beckman Coulter AU480 chemistry analyzer was designed with those needs in mind. Compact, cost-effective, and reliable, it’s the most convenient option for busy labs like yours. Labs who:
- Value flexibility, and want to broaden testing offerings. The AU480 comes with 120+ system reagent applications available.
- Want to ‘set it and forget it’ with a versatile chemistry analyzer that offers true walk-away capability. The AU480 minimizes hands-on time and reduces daily reagent inventory tasks, with ready-to-use liquid concentrate reagents, and improves turnaround time with the 80-sample continuous feed.
- Don’t have time for specialized training. The AU480 chemistry analyzer system has an ergonomic design and intuitive user interface, minimizing training requirements for new teammates.
- Want to do more. The AU480 is easy to maintain, using dry bath technology that requires no water bath maintenance.
What about reagents?
When you order the AU480 chemistry analyzer system, you get 120 different Beckman Coulter System reagent applications available, and specially designed to match the requirements and features of the new analyzer platform. The reagents are barcoded, in addition to 2-D master calibration curves.
What makes the Beckman Coulter Olympus AU480 Analyzer unique?
Beckman Coulter, a leading manufacturer of medical lab equipment, offers chemistry analyzers featuring standardized test menus, assay protocols, instrument processes, and reference ranges that reduce operator variation and provide consistent quality results. The Beckman Coulter family includes the AU480, an ideal primary chemistry analyzer for low- to mid-volume hospitals and laboratories, or dedicated specialty chemistry or STAT analyzer for larger laboratories.
The analyzer's ready-to-use liquid concentrated reagents minimize hands-on time and reduce daily reagent inventory tasks. It combines versatile advanced functions that facilitate high-quality testing, improve turnaround time, and cuts operating costs.
This AU480 comes with convenient operational features, providing the right operator support when needed using context-sensitive help screens and instructional videos. With more than 120 different Beckman Coulter system reagent applications available, you can broaden your test offerings. Laboratories can also conduct quick priority testing using the analyzer's STAT wheel. It allows analysis of critical samples fast with sample pre-dilution and auto-repeat of over-range results.
This system's automated low-level maintenance requires only minimum hands-on time by the operator. The other unique features of the AU480 are:
This system's automated low-level maintenance requires only minimum hands-on time by the operator. The other unique features of the AU480 are:
Dry bath technology that requires no water bath maintenance
Micro sampling ideal for pediatrics
Ready to use liquid stable reagents
Automatic bottle switch capabilities
Automatic repeat and reflex capability
Positive sample identification
Non disposable quartz cuvettes
Flexible STAT rotor
Primary and secondary tubes
Different tube sizes may be mixed within the racks and can be loaded continuously. The STAT module provides quick emergency testing, onboard calibrator, and QC storage for system access during auto calibration and auto QC. Refurbished models of this analyzer can be purchased with 90 days parts warranty from the online store of a reliable medical lab equipment supplier.
An ideal option for small to medium laboratories
To choose the right chemistry analyzer, laboratories should consider factors such as the types of tests they need to run, throughput, degree of automation, data management, operating costs, footprint, and whether the machine can handle micro-volume samples. The Olympus/Beckman Coulter AU480 Chemistry Analyzer is an ideal chemistry system for small to medium-sized laboratories. It can also serve as a special chemistry or STAT analyzer in large laboratories.
The AU480 performs automated analysis of serum, urine, and other fluids. Sample volumes as low as 1 µl can be used, making it ideal for pediatric testing, and reaction volumes down to as low as 90 µl guarantee cost-efficiency.
The system comes with a throughput of 400 photometric tests per hour (up to 800 with electrolytes) and an onboard capacity of 63 different analytes. The device's new intuitive graphic user interface minimizes the need for training requirements. Other features include:
User-friendly touch screen monitor
Reagent reduction
Low consumable usage
Bar-coded racks to define different sample materials
80 samples on board at any time
Automatic repeat and reflex capability
Non disposable quartz cuvettes
Software-driven carry over elimination
6 months shelf life
18 months shelf life for reference electrodes
Embedded maintenance videos
User-definable software options such as auto rerun via rack handler / STAT wheel and true reflex testing expand the convenience for the user.
Additional safety features such as computer-controlled sample and reagent dispensing in combination with clot detection and crash prevention enhance this unique system's reliability. The master curve reagents have 2D barcodes to maximize productivity and reduce the potential for errors.
The go-to system for high-quality testing
The choice of a clinical chemistry analyzer for any healthcare setting depends on the types of tests conducted and the throughput required. Olympus / Beckman Coulter AU480 analyzer is ideal for small to medium-sized laboratories due to its throughput of up to 800 tests per hour with ISE and is simultaneously programmable for 63 different analytes. This unit performs automated analysis of serum, urine, and other fluids. It can also be used as a special chemistry or STAT analyzer in large laboratories. The AU480 minimizes sample volume requirements and features intuitive GUI and master curve calibration.
This reliable and precise chemistry system combines versatile advanced functions that facilitate high-quality testing, improve turnaround time, and cut operating costs. Long-life electrodes, low maintenance, superior spot photometer technology, and other advanced features make this chemistry analyzer a convenient option.
The sample volume required is as low as 1 µl, making the unit ideal for pediatric testing. Reaction volumes down to as low as 90 µl guarantee cost-efficiency. User-definable software options such as auto rerun via rack handler / STAT wheel and true reflex testing expand the convenience for the user.
The system uses dry bath technology, therefore requiring no water bath maintenance. It features:
76 refrigerated reagent compartments
Twin sampling capability via rack loading or a cooled STAT turntable module
Sample rack feeder that can hold up to 80 primary and secondary tubes in parallel
Flexible racks to handle all commonly used tube sizes in parallel
The analyzer's automated low-level maintenance requires only minimum hands-on time by the operator. It also features low consumable replacement such as - permanent cuvettes, long-life electrodes (guaranteed for 6 months), and robust sample and reagent probes. The STAT module provides quick emergency testing, onboard calibrator, and QC storage for system access during auto-calibration, and auto QC.
By purchasing the system from the online store of a reliable medical lab equipment supplier, you can also benefit from better pricing and excellent maintenance support.
Beckman Coulter adds more drug of abuse assays to its chemistry test menu
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics recently announced the addition of assays such as 6-Acetylmorphine (6-AM) and Buprenorphine (BUP) to its broad menu of drugs-of-abuse tests that serve the needs of onsite testing laboratories.
With the rise in drug abuse and opioid usage, the demand for effective test assays is also increasing. Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is an experienced manufacturer of scalable instruments and comprehensive diagnostic tests which help healthcare and laboratory professionals to provide better patient care by delivering the accurate diagnostic information they need.
The company's newly added convenient and easy-to-use assays for drug-of-abuse screenings are the Syva Emit II Plus 6-AM and Syva Emit II Plus BUP. They offer fast, accurate, and reliable drugs-of-abuse screening and will be accessible to clinical laboratories that are using Beckman Coulter's scalable AU chemistry analyzer solutions (AU480/AU680/AU5800). Combining AU analyzers with these assays will provide fast, accurate, and reliable drugs-of-abuse screenings.
Syva® EMIT II Plus 6-AM
- An alternative to time-consuming methods like gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC/MS), this assay provides a convenient and quick way to selectively screen for heroin usage.
- It also minimizes false positives by demonstrating no cross-reactivity to morphine, morphine metabolites, and common analgesics.
Syva® EMIT® II Plus BUP
- Intended for use in laboratories for the qualitative and/or semi-quantitative analysis of buprenorphine in human urine, this assay also minimizes false positives due to its high specificity for buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine, with no cross-reactivity to commonly abused opiates.
- With a low cutoff of 5 ng/mL, the BUP assay performs with improved sensitivity to minimize false-negative results.
Clinical laboratories gain greater confidence in opioid testing with the proven high-specificity and high-sensitivity of the Syva® EMIT® II Plus 6-AM and BUP assays. Both assays deliver greater than 99% agreement with the reference method and enable accurate interpretation of results.
In a press release, Michael Samoszuk, M.D., chief medical officer, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, said, "Overdose with amphetamines requires a different treatment than opioid-related overdose. Therefore, providing hospitals and clinical laboratories with highly specific tests to distinguish between these two classes of drugs is important to ensure that patients receive appropriate care.”
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