Reagents Needed to Operate the VetScan® HM5

Abaxis provides environmentally-friendly, cyanide-free VetScan HM5 reagents in a convenient package. The reagent pack includes the following:

  • Diluent: Isotonic saline solution is used to dilute whole blood specimens and to rinse the analyzer's fluidic system between analyses.
  • Rinse: Used with diluent to prevent salt build-up on aperture.
  • Cleaner: Used in the fluidic system cleaning process.
  • Lyse: Used to create hemolysate for three-part WBC differential and for total WBC and HGB.
  • Lyse2: Used to dilute whole blood and differentially hemolyse white blood cells to separate eosinophil granulocytes from other WBC by volume. Suitable for determining EOS, EOS%, BAS and BAS% parameters.

Controls

Abaxis provides a normal control for our customers to calibrate the instrument. Abaxis also provides high and low level controls when necessary for checking the calibration of the instrument.