New dimension to drugs-of-abuse testing

These are used for drugs-of-abuse (DoA) testing and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). By opting for this twin instrument-based solution, the laboratory, which is part of the Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust, will gain flexibility in the way it can deal with urgent tests. Further benefits will be derived from the inherent resilience provided by having two identical clinical chemistry analysers.

Head of department Alun Hutchings explained: “As we provide a rapid clinical toxicology service 24 hours a day, it was vital that we invested in a new analytical capability that gave us the greatest degree of inherent resilience, without compromising turnaround time. By opting for a pair of Dimension Xpand Plus analysers, we can run our entire test repertoire on each instrument, if required, thereby dealing successfully with any down time.

“This, and the overall package offered by Dade Behring, meant we could make significant, recurring savings to help meet our cost reduction targets. It also meant that we could move back to DoA testing technology that we had worked with in the past, and with which we had been extremely satisfied.”

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