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Sickle-Chex - Positive and Negative Whole Blood Control Cell
Sickle-Chex is a positive and negative whole blood control available for use with sickle cell screening tests and hemoglobin electrophoresis. The control does not require reconstitution, which allows it to be used like a patient sample.
Sickle-Chex is a sickle cell control that monitors the presence of Hemoglobin S in solubility tests. The whole blood control does not require reconstitution, which allows it to be used in the same manner as a patient sample. Sickle-Chex is packaged in 2.5 mL squeeze dropper vials for accurate sample dispensing, eliminating the need for pipetting.
Sickle-Chex is compatible with hemoglobin electrophoresis and the following sickle cell screening kits: Streck SICKLEDEX®, Siemens Dade Sickle-Sol Test and Pacific Hemostasis SickleScreen Sickling Hemoglobin Screening Kit.
Streck SICKLEDEX is a qualitative solubility test kit used to detect the presence of sickling hemoglobins in human blood or sickle cell control material in 6 minutes.
- Whole blood control that does not require reconstitution
- Positive and negative levels
- Compatible with Streck SICKLEDEX and other solubility tests
- Compatible with hemoglobin electrophoresis
- 100-day open-vial stability
- 6-month closed-vial stability
- Helps clinical laboratories meet quality requirements for sickle cell screening
- No pipetting necessary
- Can be treated like a patient sample