Veterinary

As the year winds down, equipment that seemed functional a few months ago might look different when you consider the year ahead. A centrifuge that still runs might no longer fit your workload, or it could be creating delays that are easy to overlook because there has not been a major failure. A year-end equipment […]

Urinalysis is a routine part of veterinary medicine, but getting useful information from a urine sample involves more than running a simple test. A complete urinalysis can include evaluation of physical appearance and urine specific gravity, chemical testing, and microscopic examination of the urine sediment.¹ For practices performing urinalysis in-house, sediment preparation is one part […]

Microhematocrit testing provides a direct way to measure packed cell volume (PCV) by centrifuging a blood sample in a capillary tube and reading the resulting packed red blood cell column. Consistent sample preparation, tube loading, centrifugation, and reading technique are all important when performing a spun PCV. Drucker Diagnostics’ TrueBond Duet veterinary centrifuge comes with […]

The terms packed cell volume (PCV) and hematocrit (HCT) are often used interchangeably. While the two are closely related, the methods used to obtain them can be different, which means the results from the same blood sample are not always interchangeable. For veterinary practices running spun PCV and human laboratories using it as a backup […]

StatSpin products are no longer available for purchase, and manufacturer support is being phased out. Practices still relying on the now-discontinued StatSpin® VT will need to find a replacement before their current unit reaches end of service. Continuing to run unsupported equipment increases the risk of unavailable parts and repair delays that can affect sample […]

In-house veterinary diagnostics are getting faster. A new generation of AI-driven hematology analyzers can now result a complete blood count in minutes, and that speed is changing expectations for the whole lab. While those analyzers run on whole blood and do not require a spun sample, chemistry, immunoassay, urine, and fecal testing all rely on a veterinary centrifuge. When the […]

When comparing laboratory centrifuges, it’s natural to focus on features like capacity, speed, tube compatibility, and cycle times. Those specifications help determine whether a centrifuge can support your workflow, but they’re only part of the picture. A warranty is worth evaluating just as carefully. It provides peace of mind if something goes wrong and offers […]

A microhematocrit centrifuge is a compact, high-speed centrifuge purpose-built to spin sealed capillary tubes for direct measurement of packed cell volume (PCV). In a busy veterinary practice, it is one of the few in-house tests that delivers clinically actionable information in minutes from a sample volume small enough to draw from almost any patient. TLDR […]

A mixed-animal practice processes a wider variety of sample sizes and species in a typical week than a single-species clinic, and the centrifuge has to keep up. The right unit reduces friction across that variety; the wrong one creates it every day. The buying decision is less about top speed and more about whether the […]