The Streck Retic-Chex® II Control and the Streck Retic-Chex®
Linearity are human red cell control materials used to verify Reticulocyte counting. They are suitable for both
Automated and
Manual Reticulocyte Methods.
Retic Chex® II
- Manual Methods
- Automated Systems
- BD FACS™ Series
- Beckman Coulter® EPICS® XL™, STKS™, MAXM™, HmX
- Abbott CELL-DYN 3500, 3700 and 4000
Stability and Levels
Retic Chex® II is available in 1.0 ml plastic squeeze dropper vials for use with manual methods.
- Three levels available separately: Level 1, 2 or 3 .
- Also available as Tri-level Kits
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OPEN-vial stability 14 days
- CLOSED-vial stability 75 days
Retic-Chex® II is also available in 1.0 ml glass vials for use with automated methods.
- Three levels available separately: Level 1, 2 or 3.
- Also available as Tri-level QC set.
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OPEN-vial stability 14 days
- CLOSED-vial stability 75 days
Retic-Chex Stain is buffered and filtered New Methylene Blue which can be used with both control and patient samples.
- Available separately in 3.0ml or 15 ml sizes, in plastic squeeze dropper vials.
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OPEN-vial stability 12 months
- CLOSED-vial stability 12 months
Retic Chex® Linearity
- CELL-DYN: for Abbott Cell-Dyn® Sapphire™, 4000, 3700 and 3500
- Siemens Medical and Sysmex: for ADVIA 120, Sysmex R-3000/R-3500/R-1000/RAM-1 and Sysmex XE-2100™/XT-2100i™
- Beckman Coulter: for Beckman Coulter® STKS/MAXM/HmX, GEN•S™ and LH 750/LH 755
Stability and Levels
Retic Chex® Linearity for CELL-DYN, Siemans and Sysmex are available in a 5 level set in 2.5 ml cap-piecable vials. While the Retic Chex® Linearity for Beckman Coulter is available in a 5 level set in 3.0 ml cap-piercable vials.
- OPEN-vial stability 5 days
- CLOSED-vial stability 105 days
STATS®
Streck offer a free inter-laboratory quality control program to all qualifying customers. Data can be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail. Streck have added STATS-Link to the current STATS Program. STATS users now have the ability to view and download their STATS report online by visiting STATS-Link. Participants receive e-mail notification that their report is available for access on-line. In addition to current reports, archived reports are also available. For enrolment details see the Technical Support QuickLink, Support area of this website or contact us at Diagnostic Solutions.
MORE Retic QC products from Streck
Quality Control material for Reticulocyte testing is also available from Streck combined with specific CBC / DIFF QC material.
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