At a glance
| Also called | Lipids calibrator, Lipid calibrator |
|---|---|
| Method | Assayed lipid calibrator |
| Category | Chemistry calibration |
| Discipline | Controls and calibrators |
| Brand | Mindray |
What Lipid Calibrator does
The lipid assays need calibration material with assigned values appropriate to them, and the direct HDL and LDL methods in particular do not simply inherit calibration from a general chemistry calibrator. This material carries those values. It is used at installation, after a reagent lot change on any of the lipid assays, and when quality control indicates the lipid calibration has drifted. As with any calibrator the assigned values are lot-specific and are entered from the documentation supplied with the material rather than carried over, and the calibration is verified afterwards by running control material that is independent of it.
How Philippine laboratories run it
Any Philippine laboratory offering a lipid profile needs this alongside the general chemistry calibrator, and it is a frequent gap: laboratories order the multi-sera calibrator, assume it covers everything, and then find the lipid assays cannot be calibrated when a new reagent lot arrives. Because the lipid profile is standard in annual physical examination packages, that discovery tends to happen at the worst possible moment, in the middle of a corporate batch. Framar includes the lipid calibrator in the schedule wherever the lipid reagents are being supplied.
Analyzers it runs on
Calibrator, controls and companion tests
Delivered with both control levels and the other control and calibrator materials for that bench, on the same schedule as Lipid Calibrator.
Storage and handling
Refrigerated, and reconstituted or brought to room temperature exactly as the insert directs.
Buying Lipid Calibrator in the Philippines
Lipid Calibrator is supplied for the BS-600M, BS-430, BS-360E, BS-240Pro, BS-230 and BA-88A. We deliver it with Chemistry Control Level 1 and Chemistry Control Level 2, because a run held up waiting on a separate order costs the same shift a stock-out does. Delivery is scheduled against how fast your bench actually gets through it, which for a consumable is set by workload rather than by a calendar. How we plan controls and calibrators supply.
Questions about Lipid Calibrator
Does the multi-sera calibrator cover the lipid assays?
Not entirely, which is why this material exists. The direct HDL and LDL methods in particular need calibration material appropriate to them. Laboratories that stock only the general chemistry calibrator discover the gap when a lipid reagent lot changes and the assay cannot be calibrated, so it is worth confirming your coverage before that happens rather than after.
Order Lipid Calibrator
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