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Reviewer
Member since: 2022
Organization: Elkhart General Hospital
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Works well, smaller quantity would be better
Application Area: QC for body fluid cell counts
"Easy prep before use. Results are consistent. We just end up throwing 2-3 vials away from each package when they expire."
Review date: 15 Jul 2022 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2022
Organization: Jennie Stuart Medical Center
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We love it! It works well for a manual body fluid count controls!
Application Area:Hematology used for Bodyfluid cell count controls
"This product is easy to use, we never have any quality control issues, and we use these with every bodyfluid sample that we have to manually count."
Review date: 13 Jul 2022 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2022
Organization: Elkhart General Hospital
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Good quality control material.
Application Area:Quality control for manual cell counts on hemocytometer
"Control is easy to use. I haven't heard from my sales rep, but I did with our previous sed rate analyzer. I rated 3 stars for the value because the package size is too large for our use. It usually expires before we use up the 6 bottles."
Review date: 13 Jul 2022 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH
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This is an assayed hemocytometer control for manual cell counts. Works great!
Application Area:Hematology
"Great product. We needed to start running a hemocytometer/cytocentrifuge control for manual cell counts and differentials. This is now required by our accrediting agency. We are pleased with the ease of use and assayed values that ensure our technical staff is performing testing accurately."
Review date: 16 Dec 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: PARADISE VALLEY HOSPTIAL
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Easy to use, great results.
Application Area:Hematology
"Easy to use and results are within specifications."
Review date: 10 Dec 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: Medical Technologist
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- Ease of use
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Good product, consistent and easy to use.
Application Area:Manual count body fluid quality control
"We use Cell-Chex for our manual body fluid count quality control. The consistency of this product and ease of identification of cells make it a great training tool for our new techs and our students."
Review date: 14 Jul 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: Conway Medical Center
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- Ease of use
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Very convenient to have one control for all of our manual cell count tests.
Application Area:Used when manual cell counts are performed and/or crystal examination performed
"Easy to use and handled exactly like patient samples. Like that cell count and crystal are all performed on the same controls."
Review date: 12 Jul 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: AKH
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- Ease of use
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Not stable.
Application Area:Body fluids
"Not stable."
Review date: 02 Jul 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: AKH
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Not stable
Application Area:Laboratory
"The controls are easy to use, but don't always stay viable."
Review date: 16 Jun 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Advanced Reviewer Member since: 2020
Organization: Holland Hospital
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- Ease of use
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Keeps our techs consistent and accurate.
Application Area:Hemocytometer manual counting
"We've used Streck Cell-Chex for the past 10 or so years, rarely do we experience an order that is delayed. The controls have a lengthyh expiration dates which makes it ideal for labs with a lower volume for body fluids, but still must maintain competent QC records."
Review date: 15 Jun 2021 | Cell-Chex®
Manufacturer's ResponseThank you for the review and Streck appreciates that you have trusted Cell-Chex for over a decade! We are honored and grateful for your business. We are happy to hear the product has worked so well for your lab and record keeping needs.
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Reviewer Member since: 2021
Organization: War Memorial Hospital
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Easy to use, provides us with QC requirements.
Application Area:Body Fluid QC
"Provides us with an easy option for use and QC of our body fluids. Product is easy to read and clear."
Review date: 15 Jun 2021 | Cell-Chex®
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Advanced Reviewer Member since: 2020
Organization: Holland Hospital
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Great product, easy to use.
Application Area:Hematology
"Streck Cell controls are an easy to use control for manual body fluid cell counts. The shelf life stability is great and there is no reconstitution to perform."
Review date: 15 Dec 2020 | Cell-Chex®
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Reviewer Member since: 2020
Organization: Froedtert South Hospital
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Great product for training students and new techs!
Application Area:Body fluid cell count control
"This supply came in very handy when it came to training techs and students on manual body fluids and crystals! It gives great bang for your buck because it has WBCs, RBCs, CPPD Crystals, and MSU Crystals all in one little kit. It is also good for competency checks."
Review date: 12 Nov 2020 | Cell-Chex®
Cell-Chex is a cerebrospinal and body fluid manual procedural control for red blood cell (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) counts, urate and CPPD crystal identification and white blood cell differentiation. The white blood cells in Cell-Chex are human to better mimic patient samples. When stained in the same manner as a patient sample, the technologist can differentiate granulocyte, lymphocyte and monocyte populations. The differential assay offers polymorphonuclear and mononuclear values and 5-part white cell differential values.
It is the only manual body fluid control that contains crystals to aid in crystal identification in synovial fluid samples. Crystals can be easily identified without interfering with RBC and WBC counts using a hemacytometer or WBC differential counts using a cytocentrifuge smear.
Features
- Only body fluid control assayed for the 5-part WBC differential
- Contains human white blood cells
- Only body fluid control that contains crystals
- Multi-level control
- 30-day open-vial stability
- 6-month closed-vial stability
Benefits
- Helps clinical laboratories meet quality requirements for manual body fluid analysis
- Validates the entire cell qualification and quantification procedure
- Easy to use, as it looks similar to a patient sample
- Long shelf life reduces the number of shipments and associated costs
- Access to STATS®, a free interlaboratory quality control program with peer group data comparison and online submission
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