VERICHEM NOW OFFERS MATRIX PLUS ™ CHEMISTRY REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR CALIBRATION VERIFICATION APPLICATIONS

VERICHEM LABORATORIES now offers clinical laboratories their liquid stable and ready-to-use MATRIX PLUS™ Chemistry Reference Materials. Expressly designed for the calibration and calibration verification of wet chemistry assays on clinical instrument systems, the multi-level MATRIX PLUS™ Chemistry Reference MaterialsKit, along with the optional and stand-alone Level F, are intended to support overall system QC and CLIA compliance. The products serve as valuable tools in determining a clinical system’s bias to the true, or known, value and are certain to meet the needs of a variety of laboratory professionals involved in routine clinical testing, research applications, or with in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) product manufacturing. This multi-analyte and comprehensive six–level set of liquid stable materials contains seven individual chemistry components, covering a total of 48 separate concentration levels in total. Available analytes include Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN), Calcium, Creatinine, Glucose, Magnesium (in mg/dL and mEq/L), Phosphorus, and Triglyceride and is suitable for use on multiple analyzers utilizing a wide variety of testing methods, including visible spectrum, ultraviolet, kinetic, and/or endpoint.

Verichem’s MATRIX PLUS™Chemistry Reference Materials incorporate a buffered protein based matrix for serum-like reactivity and is intended to be treated just as a patient specimen with clinical testing systems.  The formulation displays remarkable optical clarityand is free of glycols, surfactants, azide and other interfering substances. By maintaining a constant protein content and neutral pH across concentration levels, the unique formulation and CLSI EP06-A set point design of these reference materials are crucial for the independent determination of test method accuracy, sensitivity, linearity and reportable range. Plus, the use of highly purified source components and the liquid stable format eliminates matrix variations and reconstitution errors common experienced with lyophilized, or other serum-based products.  Most important is that each active component is verified using available Standard Reference Materials from the National Institute of  Standards and  Technology (NIST)  and fully documented with a Certificate of Analysis.

In addition, Verichem LABORATORIES’ MATRIX PLUS™ Chemistry Reference Materials are conveniently packaged for multi-use and contain fill volumes ample enough to cover multiple verification testing events.  Each  of the  levels  are  filled  within easy-to-use, opaque polyethylene dropper  vials  and

feature an exceptional open-vial product stability claim of twenty-one (21) months from  date of manufacture.

VERICHEM LABORATORIES serves the clinical laboratory testing and in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing markets with a comprehensive line of calibration verification products, chemistry linearity standards, assay verifiers, standard reference materials, and support services, including FREE instant online data reduction reports for CLIA compliance. For additional information, contact Verichem Laboratories Inc. at 90 Narragansett Avenue, Providence, RI 02907 USA. Phone: 800-552-5859; FAX: 401-467-1540; Email: customerservice@verichemlabs.com. Please visit our website at www.verichemlabs.com.