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HemoCue® Hb 201+ System

HemoCue®
Hb 201+ System

Providing lab accuracy and ease of use, the HemoCue® 201+ System has become a standard in hemoglobin point-of-care testing. Healthcare providers around the world rely on the immediate results so they can make the right decisions when they need them most — right at the point of care.

HemoCue® Hb 201+ System

Key benefits

With the HemoCue® 201+ System, you’ll get easy access to lab-quality accuracy within 1 minute, so you can feel confident in your answers, all while the patient is still in the room.

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Results within 1 minute

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Printer interface

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Built-in quality control self-test

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Easy to use – even by non-laboratory personnel

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Date and time storage for up to 600 results

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Capillary, venous or arterial whole blood sample


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 (750 nm and 880 nm) for compensation of turbidity

Calibrated against the hemiglobincyanide (HiCN) method, the international reference method recommended by the ICSH, for the determination of the hemoglobin concentration in blood. The system is factory calibrated and needs no further calibration

AC adapter or 4 AA batteries

Printer and HemoCue® Basic Connect including optional barcode scanner. Data transfer using Bluetooth® technology is possible via HemoCue® BT Connect (accessory)

0.5-25.6 g/dl (5-256 g/L, 0.3-15.9 mmol/L)

15-60 seconds

Capillary, venous or arterial whole blood

~10 µL

15-30°C (59-86°F)

Analyzer: 0-50°C (32-122°F)

Microcuvettes: unopened 15-30°C (59-86°F); three-month open vial stability

160 x 85 x 43 mm (6.30 x 3.35 x 1.69 inches)

350 g (0.77 lbs) with batteries installed

Built-in self-test, optional liquid controls

Lab-quality results in
three simple steps

Step 1 - How to use the HemoCue® Hb 201 DM RT System
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Fill the microcuvette

Step 2 - How to use the HemoCue® Hb 201+ System
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Place the microcuvette into the analyzer

Step 3 - How to use the HemoCue® Hb 201+ System
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View results within 1 minute


Frequently Asked
Questions

For HemoCue® Hb 201 Microcuvettes in vials, the shelf life from the production date is approx. 24 months. For single-packed HemoCue® Hb 201 Microcuvettes, the shelf life from the production date is approx. 15 months.

Clean the cuvette holder with alcohol (20–70%) or mild detergent. To clean the optronic unit, use a HemoCue® Cleaner. Detailed information can be found in the Operating Manual.

The analyzer can receive power from different sources:

  1. Power adapter (Included)
  2. Disposable or rechargeable AA batteries (Not included)

To receive a digital version of the Instructions for Use for your system, fill in the form and we’ll reach out.

You can find instructional videos for all systems at our Knowledge Center.

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