β-Hydroxybutyrate LiquiColor^® Chemistry Reagent by EKF Diagnostics

The Stanbio Chemistry LiquiColor^® Beta-Hydroxybutyrate (B-HB) reagent is used to detect ketones to identify patients suffering from diabetic ketoacidosis, amongst many other clinical applications.

B-HB is the most predominate ketone present during DKA and trends with a patient’s clinical status. Since the BHB assay is quantitative it can be used for monitoring ketosis to resolution, making it the superior ketone test.

Our B-HB reagent is used by over 1,100 hospitals in the USA and can be run on an open channel of a laboratory analyzer.

In addition, B-HB can be used to clinically diagnose and monitor the disease status or severity of alcoholism, glycogen storage disease, high fat/low carbohydrate diets, pregnancy, alkalosis, ingestion of isopropyl alcohol, and salicylate poisoning.

Features:

• Earlier detection of clinically significant ketosis
• Improved ER and CDU throughput and efficiency
• Greater precision and sensitivity
• Results captured in your LIS