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the right choice for yourSiemens aDVIa® Systems

Whether you use a Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics ADVIA® Immunoassay System or the Siemens ADVIA® Chemistry System, Bio-Rad has the quality controls and QC data management options that are right for you.

• Extensive range of human serum and urine based products with values for your Siemens ADVIA® system

• Unity™ Interlaboratory Program to allow comparison of your QC data with that of other Siemens ADVIA® users

Convenient liquid formulation for most controls•

• Multiple connectivity solutions to capture QC data directly from your Siemens ADVIA® system or LIS

Cardiac Markers Controls

Immunoassay & TDM Controls

Liquichek™ Cardiac Markers Plus Control or Liquichek™ Cardiac Markers Plus Control LT

Comprehensive cardiac markers panel, •including Troponin I, CK-MB Isoenzyme, CRP, Homocysteine and other key analytes

Product options provide choice of •preferred Troponin I values

Liquid products for added convenience•

20 day open-vial stability at 2–8ºC•

Liquichek™ or Lyphochek® Immunoassay Plus Control

Over 80 immunoassay and TDM analytes •

Liquid product offers 14 day open-vial •stability at 2–8ºC for most analytes

Liquichek™ or Lyphochek® Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Control (TDM)

Excellent 30 day open-vial stability •at 2–8ºC for most analytes

Includes thyroid analytes•

Liquichek™ or Lyphochek® Tumor Marker Control

Covers popular tumor marker assays, •plus several esoteric analytes

Liquid product offers 30 day open-vial •stability at 2–8ºC for most analytes

Siemens Tri-Level TDM Controls

Siemens Tumor Marker Plus Controls

Siemens Cardiac Markers Controls

Siemens ADVIA® Ligand Plus Controls

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Lipids / Immunology Controls

Additional Controls

Liquichek™ Lipids Control

14 day open-vial stability at 2–8ºC•

Includes comprehensive lipids panel •in a single product

Liquid product for added convenience•

Liquichek™ or Lyphochek® Diabetes Control

Liquid product available •in three levels

14 day open-vial stability •at 2–8°C

Human whole blood •based control

Lyphochek® Anemia Control

Includes very low Ferritin, •Vitamin B12 and TSH values

14 day open-vial stability at •2–8°C for most analytes

Lyphochek® Hemoglobin A1C Linearity Set

4 significant levels•

Linearity Web• ™ online software tool available at www .QCNet .com

Liquichek™ Pediatric Control

Liquid control to monitor key •analytes for neonatal testing

14 day open-vial stability •at 2–8°C

Siemens ADVIA® Lipids Controls

Siemens Wide Range CRP Controls

Siemens ADVIA® Liquid Specific Protein Controls

Liquichek™ Immunology Control or Lyphochek® Immunology Plus Control

Over 20 serum protein analytes•

Liquid product offers 30 day •open-vial stability at 2–8ºC for most analytes

Ask about our Liquichek™ & Lyphochek® controls for your Siemens ADVIA® Systems.

Drug Free Serum•

Homocysteine Control•

Liquid & Lyophilized Unassayed Chemistry Controls•

Spinal Fluid Control•

Maternal Serum & Fertility Controls•

Quantitative Urine Control•

Specialty Immunoassay Control•

Whole Blood Control•

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choose From Four unity™ Solutions that Best Fit your laboratorySiemens ADVIA® system users can select from four options for participation in the Unity™ Interlaboratory Program and get access to available peer comparison reports via www.QCNet.com. Refer to the product comparison grid below to help determine which solution is the most appropriate for your laboratory.

Internet-based solutions such as UnityWeb® and

Unity Real Time® online eliminate the need to install

and update software locally in your laboratory, and

reduce the amount of support necessary from

on-site IT staff .

Desktop software solutions, like Unity Desktop® and

Unity Real Time®, are appropriate if your internet

connection is not sufficient, or if you prefer to

maintain local software .

If you would like assistance deciding which solution is best for your laboratory, please contact your local Bio-Rad representative.

UnityWeb® Unity Desktop® Unity Real Time® online Unity Real Time®

Software Version 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Type of Solution Web Service Desktop Software Web Service Desktop Software

Unity™ Interlaboratory Reports

Monthly Reports & InstantQC™

Monthly Reports Monthly Reports & InstantQC™

Monthly Reports & InstantQC™

Basic Interlaboratory QC Data Management Features

Westgard Rules, Various Charts & Reports

Westgard Rules, Various Charts & Reports

Westgard Rules, Various Charts & Reports

Westgard Rules, Various Charts & Reports

Advanced Interlaboratory QC Data Management Features

Westgard Advisor™ online (Subscription Sold Separately)

Bench Review

- Westgard Advisor™ online (Subscription Sold Separately)

Bench & Supervisor Data Review

Analytical Goals

Dynamic Data Set Comparisons

Westgard Advisor™ (Subscription Sold Separately)

Bench & Supervisor Data Review

Analytical Goals

Dynamic Data Set Comparisons

Database Platform Bio-Rad Hosted Installed on Local Laboratory PC

Bio-Rad Hosted or Laboratory Hosted

Installed on Local Laboratory PC or Server

Requirements Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 .0+

Firefox® 2 .0 .0 .8+

Microsoft® Windows® 98 or higher

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 .0+

Firefox® 2 .0 .0 .8+

Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 or higher

Connectivity (Sold Separately)

WebConnect™ UnityConnect™

UnityConnect™ WebConnect™ UnityConnect™

UnityConnect™

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Laboratories using Siemens ADVIA® systems with Bio-Rad controls or certain Siemens controls can submit their quality control data to the Unity™ Interlaboratory Program. The Unity™ Interlaboratory Program helps ensure the reliability and precision of test systems.

Access to the largest peer groups in the world •(thousands of lab site participants)

Online availablity of peer comparison reports •at www .QCNet .com

A way to assist laboratories to recognize analytical •process improvement opportunities

Increased confidence in proficiency survey outcomes• The ability to detect unrecognized trends and shifts that •may occur between proficiency surveys

Unity Real Time®

Facilitate regulatory compliance •under CLIA and ISO 15189

Improve real-time bench and •Supervisor QC data review

Implement best QC rules when •used with Westgard Advisor™

Run validation with comprehensive •audit trails

Advanced charts and reports •for data analysis

Reduce non-essential retests •with Analytical Goal options

RiLiBÄK Advisor• ™ module to comply with German regulations

Upload QC data points •from an LIS, middleware or instrument (optional)

No software to install with •Unity Real Time® online

Expert QC Data Management Solutions for Desktop or Online Users

Automatic QC Rules Selection Engine

Recommend and automatically •apply best QC rules with patented technology

Easy step-by-step automatic •rule selection capabilities

Reduce false rejections and •desensitization to false error flags

Save time and money by reducing •unnecessary repeats and troubleshooting

Improve laboratory test quality with •optimally selected QC rules

Available as an optional •module with Unity™ QC data management solutions

Westgard Advisor™

Unity™ Interlaboratory Program

Entry-level QC Data Management Solutions

Basic QC rules, charts •and reports

Configurable Levey-Jennings •charts with side-by-side display

Easily upgradable to •Unity Real Time® (desktop or online)

Upload QC data points from •an LIS, middleware or instrument (optional)

No software to install with •UnityWeb®

Unity Desktop® & UnityWeb®

Serum Chemistry Controls

Urine Chemistry Controls

Liquid Assayed Multiqual® or Lyphochek® Assayed Chemistry Control

Over 80 analytes, including thyroid •and TDM analytes

Human serum matrix•

Liquid Assayed Multiqual• ® offers 14 day open-vial stability at 2–8ºC for most analytes

Liquichek™ Ethanol/Ammonia Control

• 20 day open-vial stability at 2–8ºC

Liquid product for added convenience•

Siemens Special Chemistry Controls

Siemens ToxAmmonia Controls

Siemens TESTpoint Assayed Chemistry Controls

Liquichek™ Urine Chemistry Control

• Liquid product for added convenience

• Excellent 30 day open-vial stability at 2–8ºC

Liquichek™ Microalbumin Control

• Liquid product with human Albumin and Creatinine

Excellent 30 day open-vial stability •at 2–8ºC

Siemens ADVIA® Microalbumin Controls

Siemens ADVIA® Urine Controls (Normal & Abnormal)

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Clinical Diagnostics Group

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Ordering Information*

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Cat # Product Name Quantity

Liquid Assayed Multiqual®

694 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 3 mL695 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 3 mL696 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 3 mL

Lyphochek® Assayed Chemistry Control

C-310-5 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mLC-315-5 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL

Liquichek™ Ethanol/Ammonia Control

544 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL545 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL546 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Liquichek™ Urine Chemistry Control

397 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 10 mL398 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 10 mL

Liquichek™ Microalbumin Control

378 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 10 mL379 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 10 mL

Liquichek™ Immunoassay Plus Control

360 Trilevel (4 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL361 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL362 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL363 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL

Lyphochek® Immunoassay Plus Control

370 Trilevel (4 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL371 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL372 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL373 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL

Liquichek™ Lipids Control

641 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL642 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Liquichek™ Immunology Control

591 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL592 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL593 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL594 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL595 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL596 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Lyphochek® Immunology Plus Control

430 Bilevel (6 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 1 mL

Cat # Product Name Quantity

Liquichek™ Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Control (TDM)

724 Trilevel (4 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL725 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL726 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL727 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL

Lyphochek® Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Control (TDM)

450 Trilevel (4 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL451 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL452 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL453 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 x 5 mL

Liquichek™ Tumor Marker Control

547 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL548 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL549 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL

Lyphochek® Tumor Marker Control

367 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL368 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL369 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 2 mL

Liquichek™ Cardiac Markers Plus Control

180 Trilevel (2 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL181 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL182 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL183 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Liquichek™ Cardiac Markers Plus Control LT

145 Trilevel (2 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL146 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL147 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL148 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL149 Level Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Liquichek™ Diabetes Control

171 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL172 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL173 Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 1 mL

Lyphochek® Diabetes Control

740 Bilevel (3 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 0 .5 mL

Lyphochek® Hemoglobin A1C Linearity Set

120 Set (1 of each level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 x 0 .5 mL

Lyphochek® Anemia Control

500 Single Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 3 mL

Liquichek™ Pediatric Control

354 Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 4 mL355 Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 x 4 mL

* MiniPaks also available . Refer to the package insert of currently available lots for

specific analyte and stability claims .

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