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Accurate and economical point-of-care testing for cholesterol and related lipids, and blood glucose serve as diagnostic tools for immediate risk assessment and therapeutic monitoring of heart disease, inflammatory disorders and diabetes. Alere Cholestech LDX System is a simple, easy to use, lab-accurate method to obtain a complete lipid profile and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) risk assessment. The system offers efficient and economical point-of-care testing for cholesterol and related lipids, and blood glucose. This analyzer empowers healthcare professionals and patients with lab-accurate complete lipid profile and glucose in 5 minutes per test cassette.

This system empowers people to lead longer, healthier and more active lives by providing easy-to-use, accessible diagnostic tools and information to healthcare practitioners. Engineered to provide accurate, actionable, and readily accessible results, this CLIA-waived analyzer has set the standard in point-of-care lipid profile, cholesterol, and glucose testing.

Testing full lipid profile and glucose with Alere Cholestech LDX analyzer is easy in just three steps.

1. Perform a fingerstick procedure and collect the sample with a capillary tube within 10 seconds.
2. Dispense the sample into the test cassette.
3. Insert the cassette and press the RUN button.

Fingerstick sampling and small sample size (40μL) facilitates quick results within minimum time. Its unique safeguards, automated checks and calibrations help ensure analyzer integrity and accurate results, and eliminate user error.

This analyzer meets National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) performance goals for lipids with lab-accurate results and is certified by the CDC’s Lipid Standardization Program (LSP) and Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Method Network (CRMLN) programs (the lipid testing accuracy standards).

Reliable lab equipment suppliers offer a variety of point-of-care analyzers designed to meet the testing requirements of clinical laboratories as well as individuals.