A Diagnostics & Imaging Week

IRIS (Chatsworth, California), a developer of medical devices, diagnostic systems and consumables, reported receiving a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Award from the U.S. Veterans Administration’s Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), to include the placement of nine iQ200 Automated Urinalysis Systems, two iQ Body Fluids Modules and nine iChem 100 semi-automated urine chemistry analyzers.

The products will be placed into eight medical centers and one outpatient clinic in the Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 6 Network, serving veterans in North Carolina, Virginia and parts of West Virginia.

IRIS says that the iQ200 system is the only fully integrated platform in the world performing complete urinalysis, both chemistry and microscopy. The iQ200 Body Fluids Module enables the iQ200 to analyze cerebrospinal fluid and serous fluids such as abdominal, heart and lung in order to examine and count red blood cells and nucleated cells.

The iChem100 is a semi-automated, benchtop instrument designed as a backup for the IRIS automated urine chemistry analyzer and for small clinical laboratories testing up to 50 samples a day, which include small hospitals, outpatient clinics, alternate care facilities, nursing homes and large physician offices.