What is the risk of neonatal bilirubin?
Neonatal bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism in newborns. Its levels are elevated in certain diseases and responsible for the yellow color of bruises.
Excessive bilirubin damages developing brain cells in infants (kernicterus) and may cause mental retardation, learning and developmental disabilities, hearing loss, or eye movement problems. It is important that bilirubin levels in newborns not get too high. When the level of bilirubin is above a critical threshold, special treatments are initiated to lower it.
Principle of Operation
The Advanced™ Model BR2 Bilirubin Stat-Analyzer™ measures Total Bilirubin (TBR) and Direct Bilirubin (Azobilirubin) absorbance quantitatively per deciliter. It determines total bilirubin by spectrophotometric analysis and direct bilirubin using a modified version of the proven Malloy-Evelyn method.
Easy to use testing with trusted results.
The BR2 Bilirubin Stat Analyzer and Bilirubin Test Kit’s compact, portable design easily fit into any facility, whether it is a dedicated medical lab or a pediatrician’s office, and the low 30 µL sample volume requirement facilitates analysis of samples from neonates.
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Learn more about the importance of bilirubin testing in newborns, and how its compact, portable design and ease of use makes it ideally suited for pediatric physician offices, satellite labs, hospital stat labs, or pediatric research laboratories.
Neonatal Bilirubin Testing Products
BR2 Bilirubin Stat Analyzer
Because of its compact, portable design and ease of use, the BR2 Bilirubin STAT Analyzer is ideally suited for pediatric physician offices, satellite labs, hospital stat labs, or pediatric research laboratories
Bilirubin Test Kit
The Total and Direct Bilirubin Test Kit is used in conjunction with the Advanced Model BR2 Bilirubin STAT analyzer. The kit comes complete with all the supplies necessary to run 100 bilirubin measurements
Clinical Services
Get the best performance from your instrument from the people who designed and built it. We provide a range of services and service plans to meet the different needs of our customers. Our certified Field Service Engineers provide on-site professional support for the installation, training, validation, and maintenance of your osmometers, anaerobic jar systems, CSF cell counters, and neonatal bilirubin analyzers.
