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Cholestech LDX |
CardioChek |
CardioCheck Advantage |
| System Size |
Benchtop system |
Portable, hand-held device |
-Portability
-Ease of Use |
| Test Menu |
TC, TC-Glu, TC-HDL, TC-HDL-GLU, Lipid
Profile, Lipid Profile plus Glucose Panel, ALT (LDL & VLDL calc.) |
Total Chol, HDL Chol, Triglycerides,
Glucose, Ketone, Lipid Panel, Creatinine, (LDL calc.) |
-More individual and panel test capability
-Better operational efficiency |
| Reagent Storeage |
Refrigerated RT @ 30 days |
RT |
-Better efficiency;
-More economical |
| Operation |
-Test cassettes @RT prior to use (10 min)
-Results within 5 min |
-Results in 1 min. for most tests; Lipid
Panel in 2 min. |
Faster time to result;
Higher test throughput |
| Sample Handling |
-35 - 60 uL Whole Blood
-Capillary Tube collection & Plunger for placing sample onto
cassette |
-15 - 40 uL Whole Blood
-Capillary Blood Collection |
-Smaller sample size
-Easier to obtain and dose strips |
| Result Review/Storage |
NA
Printer only |
30 results of each chemistry test
Printer |
Better operational efficiency |
