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The HORIBA Medical Segment designs, develops and distributes worldwide, in vitro diagnostic systems mainly destined for biological analysis in medical laboratories. These automated analysers meet the needs of various users including patients, doctors, private laboratories, clinics and university hospitals. HORIBA expertise in in vitro diagnostics is one of the most respected in haematology worldwide and contribute today to the health of tomorrow.
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Unique QC and training software to help standardise blood film review
Haematology specialists, HORIBA UK Ltd – Medical, has introduced a new innovative service, The Quality Slide Program (QSP). Launched in France in 2012 to meet ISO guidelines for laboratory accreditation in blood film review and already used by over 40 laboratories, this program is now available in the UK. QSP is a digital blood cell morphology QC and training program. With the software, 6 digital blood films are published for download each month
Organisational change brings UK’s HORIBA Group companies together
HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical division – today announces that from 1st January 2013 the UK’s HORIBA Group companies have been brought together into one company to establish HORIBA UK Ltd. Through this organisational change, the UK’s HORIBA Group business segments can streamline operational activities and enhance on-going product research and development...
HORIBA Medical has announced the publication online of a scientific validation study1 of its new HemaCAM® computer-assisted microscopy module for fully automated analysis of blood smears. Published online as a poster presentation, the study was undertaken at the Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc Hospital (Lyon, France). It found that the HemaCAM® slide digitalisation system offered new functionalities compared to those of existing systems for automated cell image acquisition and identification...
As part of the NHS Improvement ‘Bringing Lean to Life'1 initiative, Path Links NHS Pathology Service has recently presented on its successful implementation of a LEAN work cell based approach within its Blood Science laboratories. At the 10th Annual Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM 2012), NHS Improvement facilitated a session on ‘Embedding the Culture of Improvement'. Here Mick Chomyn from Path Links NHS Pathology Service presented ‘LEAN Work Cells' - Automation is not always the answer'2, demonstrating how efficient work cells improved turnaround times and reduced staff costs without the need for expensive track.
Following its debut presentation at IBMS Congress 2011, the results poster of the Spire Healthcare-commissioned granulocyte and neutrophil count comparison study of HORIBA Medical's ABX Micros ES 60 and three other methodologies is now available to view at the HORIBA Medical-UK website. The study shows that the granulocyte count of the ABX Micros ES 60 can be considered a neutrophil count in the absence of flags, making it a suitable instrument for all Point-of-Care (POC) settings...
At IBMS Congress 2011 on Stand F4, haematology specialists HORIBA Medical will give exclusive demonstrations of its newest product and the latest innovation in computer-assisted microscopy for haematology, HemaCAM®. Increasing diagnostic quality through the automated analysis of blood smears, HemaCAM® significantly reduces workloads and simplifies the creation of a quick and objective differential blood count...
A ‘LEAN' alternative to Total Laboratory Automation
HORIBA Medical, in collaboration with its customers Mick Chomyn and Martin Fottles from Path Links Pathology Service, has published a white paper on the application of LEAN principles to Healthcare entitled "TLA - the ‘LEAN' Alternative". Focusing on the elimination of waste, LEAN principles offer a variety of tools and techniques to achieve this aim. The white paper focuses on the practical application of these principles based on the experiences of this large UK hospital laboratory group...
Following the ongoing success of HORIBA Medical - UK's newly introduced e-Learning programme, HeLP, these web-based training courses have now secured CPD accreditation from the IBMS. Upon the successful completion of one of the haematology or clinical chemistry focused e-learning courses, the CPD code will be printed on the final certificate. Participants can then enter this code onto their personal on-line portfolio as proof of learning...
In its recent 2010 customer satisfaction survey, HORIBA Medical - UK has excelled once again with 100% of customers responding as "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the company's overall offering. In terms of service, technical support and account management, customers of the haematology and clinical chemistry experts commented that the "service team are polite and efficient", the "telephone help is wonderful" and that account managers are "very helpful and supportive"...
As a large Trust looking after a population in excess of 800,000 and in line with Government ‘Healthy Futures' and ‘Pathology Modernisation' initiatives, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has centralised a number of its services in recent years. As part of this process, the Trust has modified its Pathology services by consolidating all GP work for the four PCTs that it encompasses into new laboratories at the Royal Oldham Hospital...
Two new short videos discussing point of care (POC) haematology and clinical chemistry analysis are now available online as part of a new series of video case studies from HORIBA Medical. The new case studies feature Watford General Hospital Accident and Emergency department, part of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
HORIBA Medical has introduced a powerful upgrade to its external worldwide inter-laboratory quality control programme (QCP) for haematology and clinical chemistry analysers. QCP version II enables users to submit internal Quality Control (QC) results online to evaluate the accuracy and precision of their analysers via real-time peer group statistical reports from QCP. This intuitive online inter-laboratory comparison service for Proficiency Testing is also fully customisable.
HORIBA Medical's Pentra SAfe secure access solution for remote analysis is now available for both the ABX Pentra 400 clinical chemistry analyser and ABX Pentra 80 haematology analyser - both ideal for remote ‘hot lab' locations. The Pentra SAfe solution provides remote Point-of-Care (POC) managers full, secure access to all software on these analysers as if they were standing in front of them
POC (Point of Care) haematology analysis has been available at Watford General Hospital Accident and Emergency department for 10 years. However, following a CPA audit it was agreed a POC analyser able to deliver full audit trails was required to ensure complete CPA compliance
HORIBA Medical - UK now offers the Dr. Fritz Video-Compact-System for veterinary endoscopic applications as part of its range of animal healthcare products. The innovative and flexible Dr. Fritz system is suitable for everyday small animal practice and includes a base unit and video otoscope attachment with a range of accessories for various applications
HORIBA Medical has introduced a new case study video series that can be accessed online at www.horiba.com/uk/medical/TV. This new collection of in-depth customer interviews provides direct personal feedback on their needs and experiences when working with HORIBA Medical for a variety of differing analyser installations.
A study has confirmed that the granulocyte count of the recently launched ABX Micros ES60 3-part differential haematology analyser from HORIBA Medical correlates well when compared to the neutrophil count of a 5-part differential analyser, in the absence of specific flagging
HORIBA Medical, in partnership with Genmed.me Ltd. (Genmed), has secured a 15 year Managed Service Contract (MSC) to supply all equipment and associated services to the Haematology Departments of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, which includes the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff.
HORIBA Medical has recently upgraded the haematology analysers at the pathology lab of Synergy Health Laboratory Services (SHLS) in Abergavenny, Wales to 3 larger ABX Pentra 120 Retic systems.
HORIBA Medical has announced the launch of two new services from its technical team: the new web-based e-Learning programme HeLP and a bespoke customer Analyser Optimisation service.
HORIBA Medical has launched a new compact and highly versatile haematology analyser. The Pentra ES 60 five-part differential (DIFF) analyser expands HORIBA Medical’s open tube haematology analysis family,
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the UK to experience the benefits of remote bidirectional access to its ABX Pentra 60C+ Point of Care (POC) haematology analysers, via Pentra SAfe. Eight of these compact analysers from HORIBA Medical are used in various POC locations managed by the Trust’s dedicated POC team.
Haematology specialists, HORIBA UK Ltd – Medical, has introduced a new innovative service, The Quality Slide Program (QSP). Launched in France in 2012 to meet ISO guidelines for laboratory accreditation in blood film review and already used by over 40 laboratories, this program is now available in the UK. QSP is a digital blood cell morphology QC and training program. With the software, 6 digital blood films are published for download each month
HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical division – today announces that from 1st January 2013 the UK’s HORIBA Group companies have been brought together into one company to establish HORIBA UK Ltd. Through this organisational change, the UK’s HORIBA Group business segments can streamline operational activities and enhance on-going product research and development...
HORIBA Medical has announced the publication online of a scientific validation study1 of its new HemaCAM® computer-assisted microscopy module for fully automated analysis of blood smears. Published online as a poster presentation, the study was undertaken at the Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc Hospital (Lyon, France). It found that the HemaCAM® slide digitalisation system offered new functionalities compared to those of existing systems for automated cell image acquisition and identification...
As part of the NHS Improvement ‘Bringing Lean to Life
Following its debut presentation at IBMS Congress 2011, the results poster of the Spire Healthcare-commissioned granulocyte and neutrophil count comparison study of HORIBA Medical's ABX Micros ES 60 and three other methodologies is now available to view at the HORIBA Medical-UK website. The study shows that the granulocyte count of the ABX Micros ES 60 can be considered a neutrophil count in the absence of flags, making it a suitable instrument for all Point-of-Care (POC) settings...
At IBMS Congress 2011 on Stand F4, haematology specialists HORIBA Medical will give exclusive demonstrations of its newest product and the latest innovation in computer-assisted microscopy for haematology, HemaCAM®. Increasing diagnostic quality through the automated analysis of blood smears, HemaCAM® significantly reduces workloads and simplifies the creation of a quick and objective differential blood count...
A ‘LEAN' alternative to Total Laboratory Automation 
Following the ongoing success of HORIBA Medical - UK's newly introduced e-Learning programme, HeLP, these web-based training courses have now secured CPD accreditation from the IBMS. Upon the successful completion of one of the haematology or clinical chemistry focused e-learning courses, the CPD code will be printed on the final certificate. Participants can then enter this code onto their personal on-line portfolio as proof of learning...
In its recent 2010 customer satisfaction survey, HORIBA Medical - UK has excelled once again with 100% of customers responding as "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the company's overall offering. In terms of service, technical support and account management, customers of the haematology and clinical chemistry experts commented that the "service team are polite and efficient", the "telephone help is wonderful" and that account managers are "very helpful and supportive"...
As a large Trust looking after a population in excess of 800,000 and in line with Government ‘Healthy Futures' and ‘Pathology Modernisation' initiatives, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has centralised a number of its services in recent years. As part of this process, the Trust has modified its Pathology services by consolidating all GP work for the four PCTs that it encompasses into new laboratories at the Royal Oldham Hospital...
Two new short videos discussing point of care (POC) haematology and clinical chemistry analysis are now available online as part of a new series of video case studies from HORIBA Medical. The new case studies feature Watford General Hospital Accident and Emergency department, part of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
HORIBA Medical has introduced a powerful upgrade to its external worldwide inter-laboratory quality control programme (QCP) for haematology and clinical chemistry analysers. QCP version II enables users to submit internal Quality Control (QC) results online to evaluate the accuracy and precision of their analysers via real-time peer group statistical reports from QCP. This intuitive online inter-laboratory comparison service for Proficiency Testing is also fully customisable.
HORIBA Medical's Pentra SAfe secure access solution for remote analysis is now available for both the ABX Pentra 400 clinical chemistry analyser and ABX Pentra 80 haematology analyser - both ideal for remote ‘hot lab' locations. The Pentra SAfe solution provides remote Point-of-Care (POC) managers full, secure access to all software on these analysers as if they were standing in front of them
POC (Point of Care) haematology analysis has been available at Watford General Hospital Accident and Emergency department for 10 years. However, following a CPA audit it was agreed a POC analyser able to deliver full audit trails was required to ensure complete CPA compliance
HORIBA Medical - UK now offers the Dr. Fritz Video-Compact-System for veterinary endoscopic applications as part of its range of animal healthcare products. The innovative and flexible Dr. Fritz system is suitable for everyday small animal practice and includes a base unit and video otoscope attachment with a range of accessories for various applications
HORIBA Medical has introduced a new case study video series that can be accessed online at www.horiba.com/uk/medical/TV. This new collection of in-depth customer interviews provides direct personal feedback on their needs and experiences when working with HORIBA Medical for a variety of differing analyser installations.