Case Studies / Calprotectin Extraction

Patient home collection of a faecal sample using a CALEX® device

Collecting a faecal sample at home can seem a daunting process. This demonstration using the CALEX® Device outlines the best practice for collection, based on your sample type and what

CALEX Instead of Stool Pots – The Patients’ Opinion

Ailsa Ralph, NHS Trainee Clinical Scientist With the onset of COVID one of the big challenges faced by many hospitals was having sufficient access to biosafety cabinets for sample handling,

Outsourcing Calprotectin Stool Pre-analytics to the Patient’s Home

Jacqui McGuire and Neil Syme, Consultant Clinical Biochemists, Department of Biochemistry, Monklands Hospital NHS Lanarkshire, to the east of Glasgow, is the third largest NHS Health Board in Scotland. It

Efficient, Convenient and Hygienic Extraction of Stool Samples with BÜHLMANN CALEX® Cap

Weighing the sample is still considered the Gold-Standard sample extraction method for calprotectin. However, this is a time consuming and inconvenient method. Providing very high correlation to the weighing extraction

Sharing the Load of Faecal Calprotectin Sample Extraction

By Laura Bernstone, Principal Clinical Scientist, Clinical Biochemistry at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust “Clinical Biochemistry at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is based on two