Advance your diagnostic capabilities and streamline your workflow

When you connect your VetTest® Chemistry Analyzer with the IDEXX VetLab® Station Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), you can:

• Reduce data entry with autofilling of client and patient information.
• Use parameter trending to monitor patient response to treatment over time.
• Easily access the data of multiple analyzers from one user interface.
• Integrate results from multiple IDEXX VetLab analyzers on a single report.
• View a comprehensive record of each patient’s diagnostic history.
• Simultaneously run panels and single tests to rule out specific diseases.

Don’t lose another minute! Enjoy a more efficient workflow and make more informed, timely decisions with an unprecedented level of information consolidation.

For more information on the IDEXX VetLab Station, the VetTest Chemistry Analyzer or the IDEXX VetLab® Suite, call IDEXX at 1-800-355-2896 or visit www.idexx.com/vetlab.

Attention: Equine customers!
Change in menu terminology for the IDEXX VetTest Chemistry Analyzer

In response to feedback from our equine customers, we have updated the VetTest Chemistry Analyzer's menu to display "brood mare" in place of "mare at stud" to more accurately reflect the terms used in practice.

This new terminology will be available with the VetTest analyzer’s software version 8.14 or later.

Congratulations Dr. Katie Thompson of Lithia, Florida!

We are pleased to award your clinic, the Veterinary Center at Fishhawk, the next-generation IDEXX VetLab® Suite!

Several months ago, we introduced the Suite Stories contest. Hundreds of practices sent us stories about how their in-house diagnostic laboratory helped them to better help their patients. We awarded daily prizes to 105 entrants who won iPod® nanos and $25 iTunes® gift cards, making them eligible for the grand prize—the next-generation IDEXX VetLab Suite!

Choosing the grand prize winner was a difficult task—we received so many heartwarming stories! Our panel of esteemed judges—twelve veterinarians—chose the story below from hundreds of other thoughtful entries. We thank all of those who entered for taking the time to share their stories with us.

Here is Dr. Thompson’s story—a truly poignant demonstration of the value of immediate information—the kind of information you can get only with the benefit of in-house diagnostics.

"Having practiced veterinary medicine for ten years, the first eight without the benefit of an in-house blood machine, I knew when I opened my own practice that access to metabolic parameters in an accurate and timely manner was essential. The ability to diagnose and treat pathologies correctly and rapidly is one of our clinic's core values. What I didn’t know was that my investment in our new IDEXX LaserCyte, VetTest 8008 and VetLyte systems was going to help me save an old friend."

Read more about Dr. Thompson's story >

Once more, congratulations to Dr. Thompson on winning the next-generation IDEXX VetLab Suite!

Trusted by more veterinarians worldwide, the next-generation IDEXX VetLab Suite, including the revolutionary Catalyst Dx™ and SNAPshot Dx™ Analyzers, enables a higher level of patient care. The IDEXX VetLab® Suite of analyzers offers fast and flexible results for clinical chemistry, hematology with optical-flow five-part differential, urinalysis, electrolytes, endocrinology, coagulation, blood gases and infectious diseases. The IDEXX VetLab® Station integrates results from all the analyzers and IDEXX SNAP® point-of-care tests into a single, comprehensive and easy-to-use patient report.

The next-generation IDEXX VetLab® Suite
Chemistry • Hematology • Urinalysis • Electrolytes • Endocrinology • Coagulation • Blood Gas

Coming in 2008!

The Catalyst Dx™ Analyzer
A revolution in practice efficiency

Run blood work right away with less technician hands-on time than it takes to prepare blood to send to an outside laboratory.

When you have the in-house capability to manage more cases during your patients’ visits, you can improve care and increase client trust and satisfaction.

• Simplified workflow saves time: panels packaged in preloaded CLIPs, automated pipetting and onboard whole blood separation
• Get results on a single profile, such as a Chem 22, in only eight minutes
• Run four Chem 10 CLIPs in just 18 minutes

Load multiple patients at the same time and walk away—add a third and fourth patient while two others are still running. The Catalyst Dx Analyzer saves you time at every turn!

The SNAPshot Dx™ Analyzer
Immediate results to manage common diseases

The SNAPshot Dx™ Analyzer further expands your IDEXX VetLab® Suite, enabling you to quickly test and screen for many common diseases in-house. Run multiple patients at the same time using proven and trusted SNAP® ELISA technology with an enhanced optics module—just snap, load and go!

With the SNAPshot Dx Analyzer

• Test cortisol, bile acids and T₄
• Quickly screen in-house for answers during your patient’s visit
• Monitor dosage and effectiveness of medications

Common diseases you can test and screen for with the SNAPshot Dx Analyzer:

For more information on the SNAPshot Dx, Catalyst Dx or other IDEXX VetLab analyzers, visit www.idexx.com/vetlab or call 1-800-355-2896.

Including three new analyzers and much more!

Catalyst Dx™ Analyzer—Coming in 2008

• Run lab work immediately with preloaded CLIPs and onboard whole blood separation
• Multiple-patient load and go—4 Chem 10s in 18 minutes

SNAPshot Dx™ Analyzer—Coming in 2008

• Immediate results for a wide range of common diseases
• Run multiple patients at the same time
• Trusted SNAP® ELISA technology

Coag Dx™ Analyzer

• Immediate coagulation information
• Four veterinary-specific cartridges
• Fresh or citrated whole blood for PT and aPTT results

New for the VetStat® Electrolyte and Blood Gas Analyzer

• Multipack contains six each of most used cassettes

New for the VetTest® Chemistry Analyzer

• New pipette tips for better sample flow
• Easy-open slides and no slide warm-up
• Online VetTest® Certificate Course: www.idexxlearningcenter.com
• Avian Health Profile, Diagnostic Health Profile and NSAID Monitoring Panel

New for the IDEXX VetLab® Results Report

• Fully integrated report shows results of all analyzers plus SNAP® test results
• Prior results column for easy comparison
• Reference ranges printed on report, including T₄
• Quicker identification of organ-specific abnormalities

Paul Levesque
Senior Marketing Manager
IDEXX VetLab Chemistry

Paul joined IDEXX in April 2007, finding his bioengineering background and experience with several successful medical device startup companies a good fit.

As the senior marketing manager for VetLab's chemistry products, Paul is responsible for product planning, marketing and management. He represents the critical "voice of the customer" in most business management activities.

"IDEXX is the only veterinary diagnostics company," notes Paul, "with the technology, products and organization capable of making such a positive impact on the quality and economics of veterinary medicine."

Since joining IDEXX, Paul has been involved in the launch of several products for the VetTest® Chemistry Analyzer, including the Avian Health Profile, the Diagnostic Health Profile and the new patent-pending VetTest pipette tips with improved sample flow.

IDEXX Customer Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Toll-free: 1-800-248-2483
Fax: 1-800-248-3010

Visit www.idexx.com/vetlabnotes to access the IDEXX VetLab®notes archive.

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