What's New at Beckman?
This is our new small volume integrated clinical chemistry and immunoassay analyzer with updated software and one sample entry point.
What is the DXC 500i?
A slow movement of the data mean from one level to another indicative of a systematic error that is occurring slowly, such as reagent deterioration, control deterioration, or a lens getting progressively dirtier
What is a trend?
This “bone and liver“ enzyme is often elevated during periods of rapid bone growth or biliary obstruction.
What is alkaline phosphotase?
A fruity odor in urine is often associated with these metabolic byproducts.
What are ketones?
In Breaking Bad, Walter White used his expertise in this field to transition from high school teacher to “Heisenberg.“
What is Chemistry?
This citrus fruit is significant at Beckman Coulter
What is a lemon?
Beckman Coulter has several markers available for research use only. pTau217, NfL and GFAP are used for testing various versions of these type of diseases.
What are neurodegenerative diseases?
This type of QC uses the patient’s own previous results to detect lab errors or sudden clinical changes.
What is a delta check?
This test measures average blood glucose levels over the past 2 to 3 months.
What is hemoglobin A1C?
This RBC morphology feature which look like “stacked coins”, are often seen in patients with high globulin levels
What is rouleaux?
The sarcastic diagnostician who loves puzzles more than people.
Who is House MD?
A member of the National Inventor's Hall of Fame and holder of 85 patents. Best known for his long line of innovative breakthroughs in hematology analysis which radically changed hematology by allowing more accurate and faster CBC (Complete Blood Count) analysis.
Who was Wallace Coulter?
This assay was added to our portfolio in 2025. When elevated it can increase risk for peripheral artery disease, CAD, MI and Stroke
What is Lp (a) or Lipoprotein a?
This measures the “precision“ of a set of numbers, expressed as a percentage.
What is coefficient of variation or CV?
This highly sensitive version of a cardiac biomarker allows protection of even minor myocardial injury, and is now the standard and diagnosing, acute coronary syndromes.
What high sensitivity troponin?
This crystal often resembles an “envelope” and is commonly found in acidic urine.
What is calcium oxalate?
This “science guy“ made lab safety cool for 90s kids and has often seen sporting a signature bow tie.
Who is Bill Nye?
Clinical chemistry analyzer is the latest innovation in a line of reliable chemistry systems for the mid- to high-volume laboratory.
What is the DxC 700 AU?
This is an FDA-cleared rapid blood test that accurately distinguishes between bacterial and viral infections in 15 minutes by measuring host immune proteins. It helps improve antibiotic stewardship, reducing unnecessary prescriptions, and optimizing patient management and emergency and urgent care settings.
What is MeMed BV?
Under CLIA, this type of testing must be performed three times a year to verify Lab accuracy against peers.
What is a proficiency test testing?
The Jaffe reaction is the plastic method used to measure this waste product of muscle metabolism.
What is creatinine?
These giant bone marrow cells are the precursor to platelets which are formed when the cytoplasm of the cell fragments into thousands of pieces.
What are megakaryocytes?
This “Avenger“ holds seven PhD‘s and is a world renowned expert in gamma radiation, though his lab experience often end in green-tinted property damage.
Who is Dr. Bruce Banner or the Hulk?
Location of the Beckman Coulter's global headquarters
Where is Brea, California?
A proprietary calculation developed by Beckman Coulter that uses a combination of three blood tests to produce a score that provides more information about what elevated PSA levels might mean and the probability of finding prostate cancer on biopsy.
What the Prostate Health Index (PHI)?
These two pathologists were the pioneers of using statistics for the standardization and calibration of analytical procedures.
Who are Levey and Jennings?
This condition characterized by low serum calcium often presents with a “tetany” of the muscles.
What is hypocalcemia?
This fundamental principle patented in 1953 uses electrical impedance to count and size microscopic particles suspended in a conductive fluid.
What is the Coulter principle?
In the X-Files, Special Agent Dana Scully isn’t just an FBI agent. She is also a medical doctor who frequently performs these procedures to find “unexplained“ biological evidence.
What are autopsies?
While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded his company based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, considered to have "revolutionized the study of chemistry and biology". He also developed the DU spectrophotometer, "probably the most important instrument ever developed towards the advancement of bioscience".
Who is Dr. Arnold Beckman?