How to choose a blood chemistry analyzer
Size the analyzer against your busiest hour rather than your daily total, and decide early whether electrolytes should run on the same platform.
| Model | Throughput | Electrolytes | Typically suits |
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| BS-600M | 600 tests per hour, up to 800 with ISE | Built-in ISE | Tertiary hospitals and referral laboratories |
| BS-430 | 420 tests per hour, up to 626 with ISE | ISE option | Busy hospital chemistry benches |
| BS-360E | 300 tests per hour | ISE option | Secondary hospitals and diagnostic laboratories |
| BS-240Pro | 240 tests per hour, up to 400 with ISE | ISE option | Growing laboratories and satellite sites |
| BS-240 | 200 tests per hour, up to 400 with ISE | ISE option | Small laboratories, or as a back-up analyzer |
| BS-230 | 200 tests per hour | Compact build | Clinics and smaller laboratories |
| BA-88A | Semi-automated | Bench-top | Clinics and low, intermittent workloads |
| Also called | chem analyzer, clinical chemistry analyzer, fully automated chemistry analyzer |
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Mindray clinical chemistry analyzers we supply
Organ panels, lipids, glucose, enzymes and electrolytes, from a semi-automated bench unit to 600 tests per hour.
BS-430
BS-360E
BS-240Pro
BS-240
BS-230
BA-88A
Reagents and consumables
We supply Mindray chemistry reagents, calibrators, controls, ISE solutions and cuvette consumables for every BS-series unit we install, scheduled against your monthly panel volume.
Installation, training and service
Every unit is delivered, installed and performance-verified on site, with hands-on training for your medical technologists and scheduled preventive maintenance afterwards, all by Framar engineers. See what our service covers.
Questions about blood chemistry analyzers
How many tests per hour do we actually need?
Work from your busiest hour, not your daily total. Count the tests in your routine panels, multiply by the specimens you receive in the peak hour, and leave headroom for stat requests and repeats. A laboratory running heavy morning panels is better served by a 400 to 600 test per hour platform even if the daily total looks modest.
What does the ISE option add?
An integrated ion-selective electrode module measures sodium, potassium and chloride on the same instrument and the same sample, instead of on a separate electrolyte analyzer. If your routine panels include electrolytes, ordering the ISE option usually costs less than running and maintaining a second instrument.
Is a semi-automated analyzer still worth considering?
For a small clinic or a low, intermittent workload, yes. The BA-88A is a bench-top semi-automated analyzer with a much lower entry cost. The trade-off is operator time per test, so once volume becomes steady a fully automated platform is normally cheaper per result.
Request a quotation
Tell us your test menu and daily volume and we will size the analyzer against it before quoting.