The complete blood count is the highest-volume test most Philippine laboratories run, and its reagents are consumed by the litre rather than the millilitre. Framar supplies the matched Mindray reagent set for each BC-series analyzer family, together with the tri-level controls that prove the bench is in range, on a delivery schedule built from your actual monthly CBC count. Because the reagent set is specified per analyzer family, this section is organised by family rather than by fluid: the diluent, lyse, rinse and cleanser that belong together are described together.
How a hematology reagent set works
A hematology analyzer counts cells by drawing a diluted sample through an aperture and watching the electrical impedance change as each cell passes. That makes the diluent far more than a carrier. It is the conductive medium the count happens in, and it has to hold every cell at its true volume for the whole transit, or the mean cell volume and the platelet sizing drift away from reality. The lyse does the opposite job on a second portion of the sample: it ruptures the red cells so the white cells can be counted without interference, and in a five-part reagent set it does so selectively, affecting the different white cell populations to different degrees so the analyzer can tell them apart by how they scatter light. The rinse clears the flow path between samples so one patient does not contaminate the next, and the probe cleanser periodically strips off the protein and cellular residue that accumulates despite it. The set is matched to the analyzer, not to the discipline. Every one of those steps is calibrated against the specific fluids the instrument was designed around, which is why an M-30 fluid and an M-52 fluid are not interchangeable even though both are called diluent.
Analyzers these reagents run on
Buying hematology reagents in the Philippines
Framar supplies these to hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, clinics and health units nationwide, scheduled against your actual monthly volume rather than shipped in one lump. The engineers who install and maintain the analyzer are the same team that plans the supply behind it, so the schedule is built from what your bench actually gets through rather than from a fixed reorder quantity. Pricing depends on volume, delivery interval and whether the analyzer is on a reagent-supply arrangement, so we quote per laboratory rather than publishing a list price. See what our service covers, or send us your monthly counts and we will reply within one business day.
Questions about hematology reagents
How much do Mindray hematology reagents cost in the Philippines?
Hematology reagent pricing depends on your monthly CBC count, the delivery interval to your site and how bulky the shipment is, since diluent moves in large containers and freight to the provinces is a real part of the cost. We quote per laboratory rather than publishing a list price. Send us your monthly CBC volume and analyzer model and we reply within one business day.
Can we use a third-party diluent or lyse?
Mindray specifies the reagent set for each analyzer family, and the background limits, dilution ratios and calibration on the instrument are all set against it. Running an unspecified fluid puts the bench outside the manufacturer instructions for use, which matters for accreditation as much as for the result, and it is a common hidden cause of drifting indices that nobody traces back to the reagent.
How much diluent should a laboratory keep in stock?
Work from your monthly CBC count and the analyzer per-test consumption, then add cover for the delivery interval to your site. Provincial laboratories carry more cover than a Metro Manila bench does simply because the shipment takes longer, and that is what a supply schedule is for: neither site should be carrying stock it cannot get through before it expires.
Order hematology reagents
Send us your analyzer model and monthly volumes and we will build the supply schedule around them.
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