The ESR Stat Plus is a HemaTechnologies product used to expedite sed rate analysis. The ESR Stat Plus has recently been updated as the ESR Stat 6, which can analyze twice as many samples in the same amount of time. Without the ESR Stat Plus or ESR Stat 6, medical facilities must rely on outmoded practices to determine sedimentation rates for patients, more commonly referred to as sed rates. Sed rates are used to identify and monitor inflammation levels in the body, typically in an effort to diagnose a condition in which inflammation is a symptom. In the traditional sed rate test, called a Westergren test, a blood sample is collected and medical professionals observe the rate at which red blood cells fall in one hour. Though accurate, Westergren testing for sed rate analysis is a long procedure that requires numerous freestanding tubes and related pieces of equipment. The ESR Stat 6, on the other hand, can provide as many as six results in just five minutes, using only a 25 microliters sample from an EDTA tube. In addition, the ESR Stat 6 maintains a 0.96 or higher correlation when compared to the Westergren method.
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