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DxC 500 AU
Chemistry Analyzer
System Simplicity for Expedient and Efficient Performance
Meet the DxC 500 AU—an easy-to-use chemistry analyzer that helps you optimize your operations, protect your productivity, and trust your results. Discover how we’re taking our clinical chemistry portfolio’s tradition of excellence to the next level.
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The Reliability You Expect. The Simplicity You Need. The Brand You Trust.
Optimize Your Operations
"Our Six Sigma assessment has shown that the DxC 500 AU analyzer easily exceeds the demands of the new, more stringent CLIA 2024 performance specifications." 1
Director of Client Services and Technology
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Standardize on Excellence in Clinical Chemistry
Have confidence in accurate results you can trust—from anywhere in your network—with:
- Standardized user experience for reduced operator variation, training, and troubleshooting
- Standardized test menus, assay protocols, and reference ranges for equivalent results across platforms
- Standardized quality control for confident comparisons of assay performance within your lab network and beyond
With this level of standardization, you can count on consistent and accurate results, informed patient care, and strong traceability to common standards.
Reduce Waste and Simplify Your Workflows with Flexible Reagent Storage
The DxC 500 AU’s reagent refrigerator offers 76 positions (and up to 60 individual analytes) to accommodate the various sizes you need—including 15, 30, and 60 mL. With ready-to-use reagents, you can choose the right kit size for your lab’s workload—no prep work required.
Don’t Waste Another Minute Finding the Right Sample Rack for Each Tube
Our unique DxLAB sample racks simplify sample loading of tube and nesting cups for easy processing of calibrators, quality control, and patient testing in a single rack. They accommodate various tube and cup sizes, so you can continuously load them as they arrive in the lab—no need to sort by size.
Busy Shift? Bring It On.
With throughput of up to 800 photometric tests per hour with ISEs, demanding workloads are no match for you. The DxC 500 AU clinical chemistry analyzer empowers low-volume labs to handle testing surges with ease, so you’re always ready to deliver the right results, on time—every time.
Main Specifications
Analytical method |
Fully automated, random-access clinical chemistry system with STAT capability |
Analytical principles |
Spectrophotometry and potentiometry Assay types |
Assay types |
Endpoint, rate, fixed point and indirect ISE |
Analytical method |
Colorimetry, turbidimetry, latex agglutination and indirect ISE |
Chemistry menu capacity |
>135 preprogrammed, photometrics currently available (including LIH + HbA1c (Thb, HbA1c + HbA1c%) and ISE |
Throughput |
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Sample types (assay dependent) |
Serum, Plasma, Urine, CSF, Whole blood |
Sample management/capacity |
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Sample container sizes |
Primary and secondary tubes: diameter between 11.5 mm and 16 mm; height between 55 mm and 102 mm; nested micro cups and sample cups |
Sample volume |
1.0 μL-25 μL in 0.1 μL increments (assay dependent) |
Sample Barcode symbology |
NW7, EAN13, CODE 39, CODE 128, ISBT-128, 2 of 5 standard, 2 of 5 interleaved mixed readable (max. six types at the same time, except if using ISBT-128) |
Compartment temperatures |
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Reagent storage capacity |
76 positions in a single reagent carousel (refrigerated between 39.2°F (4°C) and 53.6°F (12°C); bottle sizes: 15 mL, 30 mL, 60 mL |
Barcoded reagents |
Automatic tracking of: Available tests, Expiration date, Lot number |
Reagent volume |
10 μL-250 μL (1 μL increments) |
Total reaction volume |
90 μL-350 μL |
Reaction cuvette |
Permanent glass cuvettes |
Reaction time |
Up to 8 minutes, 37.5 seconds |
Reaction temperature |
98.6°F ± 0.5°F (37°C ±0.3°C) |
Reaction incubation method |
Dry bath |
Photometric range |
0 OD-3.0 OD |
Wavelength |
13 different wavelengths between 340 nm and 800 nm |
Automated sample pre-dilution |
Repeat run with increased or decreased sample volume or sample pre-dilution (1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75, up to 100 times) |
Sample quality analysis |
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Calibration |
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Quality control |
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Reflex testing |
User-defined |
Calculated result |
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Installation Requirements
Dimensions and weight |
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Drain requirements |
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Water supply requirements |
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Power and environmental requirements |
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Operating environment |
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Communication modes |
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We offer product training courses and guides to give you the skills and knowledge you need to operate your clinical laboratory instruments.
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A Chemistry Menu You Can Count On
The DxC 500 AU delivers consistently accurate results and helps detect errors/defects—all with minimal quality control and troubleshooting required.
Streamline Diabetes Testing
With our HbA1c Advanced assay, you can load whole blood samples as they arrive—no manual sample prep required. It follows NGSP guidelines, so you can rely on precise, consistent, and clinically relevant results wherever testing is performed.
