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HemoCue® Hb Plasma/Low System

HemoCue®
Plasma/Low Hb System

The degree of hemolysis is an essential indicator of the quality and integrity of blood products. With the HemoCue® Plasma/Low Hb System, you can easily and accurately estimate hemolysis directly at the point of care. Replace subjective visual judgment and have confidence in your answers.

HemoCue® Hb Plasma/Low System

Key benefits

In the laboratory, hemolysis is an important preanalytical factor that affects the accuracy and clinical utility of many test results. By assessing the degree of hemolysis before analysis, the sample can be accepted or rejected. The HemoCue® Plasma/Low Hb System makes it possible to easily and accurately estimate hemolysis without having to send the sample to a lab.

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Results within 1 minute

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Portability enables testing anywhere

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Precise factory calibration against the ICSH reference method

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Brief training with virtually no maintenance

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Proprietary microcuvette technology with excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility

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Blood-based liquid controls available


Customer stories

Female doctor having a consultation with a femalre patient at her desk with HemoCue products visible on the desk.

Private Medical Practice in Australia

Nepean Lung and Sleep is a private medical practice specializing in adult respiratory and sleep medicine. The clinic provides onsite diagnostic testing for respiratory and sleep disorders, as well as medical consultations with specialist physicians. Serving Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, and regional NSW areas such as Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee, and Lithgow, they see around 2,000 to 2,500 patients per year.

Female nurse holding a HemoCue Hb 801 Analyzer at a Blood Bank

Blood Center in Southern Sweden

Ulrika Greczula is responsible for blood collection throughout Halland County and works at the blood centers in Varberg, Falkenberg, and Halmstad. Today, Ulrika works at the blood center at the hospital in Varberg.

Warsaw Blood Bank bus

Warsaw Blood Bank

The Regional Blood Donation and Hemotherapy Center in Warsaw (Warsaw Blood Bank) is one of the largest blood banks in Poland. Located in the capital of the country, in the Masovian Voivodeship province, the Warsaw Blood Bank supplies blood components such as red blood cell concentrate, freshly frozen plasma and platelet blood cell concentrate to over 100 hospitals with specialist departments including hematology, transplantology, and oncology.

Entrence of Queen Silvias hospital in the summertime

Queen Silvia’s Hospital for Children

Queen Silvia’s Hospital for Children, a part of the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, provides healthcare, education, and research. This is where seriously ill or injured children from the region of Västra Götaland come for emergency care. It also offers highly specialized care for children from all over Sweden. The hospital has the largest emergency unit for children with nearly 50,000 patients each year.

Female doctor with child and mother in primary care clinic

Private Primary Care Clinic in Varberg

Husläkarna Varmbadhuset is a private primary care center in the southern part of Sweden. It offers a broad range of high-quality medical healthcare services. Johanna Hilmersson, General Practitioner, is the operational manager at the center.

Hb 301 Male Blood Bank 001-medium

Kokilaben Blood Bank in India

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Centre is one of the largest blood banks in Mumbai with an average of 1,000 donors per month. The donors are both patient-related and unrelated voluntary donors in hospital settings as well as voluntary donors in donation camps outside.

Female nurse smiling at elderly female patient

Aarhus Emergency Department

The Aarhus emergency medical team consists of 18 specially-trained nurses who, in agreement with healthcare professionals from Aarhus University Hospital, Home Health Care Services and general practitioners, can step in during acute situations at patients’ residences. Within just a few hours, the emergency team can initiate care, observe, and start treatment – 24 hours a day.

Capillary Sampling with a HemoCue Hb 201+ Microcuvette on a child's finger

Pediatric Emergency Department in Finland

For three years now, Dr Jussi Niemelä and his colleagues at Turku University Hospital in Finland have performed rapid point-of-care tests of total white blood cells (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP). This saves both time and money. So much money in fact, that the department has employed an additional physician during rush hours.

System specifications

Modified azidemethemoglobin reaction; dual wavelengths (570 nm and 880 nm) for compensation of turbidity

Factory calibrated against the ICSH reference method; needs no further calibration

AC adapter or 5 AA batteries

Two levels of liquid controls

15-30°C (59-86°F)

Photometer: 0-50°C (32-122°F)
Microcuvettes: unopened 15-30°C (59-86°F); three-month open vial stability

Plasma, serum, aqueous solutions or supernatant from erythrocyte suspensions

~20 µL

0.3-30.0 g/L
(0.03-3.0 g/dL, 30.0-3000 mg/dL, 0.02-1.86 mmol/L)

Within 60 seconds

690 g (1.5 lbs) with batteries installed

210 x 160 x 90 mm
(8.26 x 6.29 x 3.54 inches)

Lab-quality results
in three simple steps

Step 1 - How to use the HemoCue® Plasma/Low
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Fill the microcuvette

Step 2 - How to use the HemoCue® Plasma/Low
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Place the microcuvette into the photometer

Step 3 - How to use the HemoCue® Plasma/Low
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View results in under 1 minute


Frequently Asked
Questions

Yes, there are control solutions available for the HemoCue® Plasma/Low Hb System. They are produced by EuroTrol B.V. and are available in 3 different levels.

The HemoCue® Hb 201+ System has a measuring range of 0.5-25.6 g/dL (5-256 g/L, 0.3-15.9 mmol/L), whereas the measuring for the HemoCue® Plasma/Low Hb System is 0.3-30.0 g/L (0.03-3.0 g/dL, 30.0-3000 mg/dL, 0.02-1.86 mmol/L).

You can use the following sample materials with the HemoCue® Plasma/Low Hb System: Plasma, serum, aqueous solutions or supernatant from erythrocyte suspensions.

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