Join Specialist IBD Nurses Sue Ritchie and Vicky Fletcher from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust as they share their experiences using the innovative IBDoc for patient-centered IBD care. With decades of experience and a passion for excellence, Sue and Vicky support around 2,000 IBD patients across the North East, spanning areas from Cumbria…
The packaging for the BÜHLMANN fCAL turbo® calibrator and control kits is changing from the current opaque white bottles to transparent vials with colour coded droppers and caps, as shown below: The new format will enable: The user to see what volume is left in the vial, making handing easier Colour coding makes it easier…
University of Edinburgh Easter Bush School and Hospital for Small Animals The University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Clinical Pathologists and Hospital for Small Animals’ Specialists in Internal Medicine, have validated the BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo assay for use on their Beckman analyser. The test has now been made available by the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary…
A New Era at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was established in February 2000 and is the largest acute hospital trust in the South East of England. Dave Parris and Yolanda Price from the Blood Sciences department talk about their experience evolving their calprotectin testing service. “Switching from…
In the Autumn of 2023, technical specialists from BÜHLMANN visited Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (GOSH) to collaboratively establish a protocol for integrating the new BÜHLMANN sCAL turbo into their Ortho Vitros analyser. This move aimed to facilitate the transition of the immunology team from the conventional ELISA method to the advanced PETIA assay for…
In 2014, the CALEX Cap transformed faecal calprotectin extraction workflows in laboratories. Now, with CALEX faecal calprotectin collection kits, patients can prepare and return their own samples, eliminating the need for traditional stool samples. The lab receives a ready-to-use CALEX, streamlining the testing process. This revolutionary shift maximises laboratory resources, reshaping calprotectin testing workflows significantly.…