Randox Laboratories
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Randox Laboratories is an international clinical diagnostic company. Randox develops, manufactures and markets diagnostic reagents and equipment for laboratory medicine, with a distribution network of 130 countries.[1][2]
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Company profile
Randox was established in 1982 by its current Managing Director, Peter FitzGerald in Crumlin, and has since expanded to India and the USA.[3]
Randox is one of the major manufacturers of clinical diagnostic products in Ireland or the UK.[4]
Tribunals
A former employee of health care diagnostics firm Randox Laboratories had argued he had been discriminated against because of his weight. (Re: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31360757)
County Antrim-based Randox Laboratories has been criticised for its behaviour by an industrial tribunal. (Ref: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18006222)
A woman from County Tyrone who took on Randox Laboratories Ltd following a dispute over maternity pay has successfully settled her case against them, with the support of Unite Legal Services. (Ref: http://www.thompsonstradeunionlaw.co.uk/news/unite-legal-services-maternity-pay.htm)
Research and development
Beginning with a team of six employees, the company started out in a hen house before relocating to larger premises, an apple store, which would later be converted to house the international headquarters of the business.
By the close of the decade, Randox had further developed its production facilities as a result of increased turnover and profit. Over the years, the organisation has since expanded its Crumlin headquarters, resulting in 260,000 square feet of space which includes facilities for manufacturing, dispensing, labelling, packing, despatch, cold room facilities and a storage capacity of 1 million kits.
Randox's range of reagents is extensive and covers many different techniques such as colorimetric, UV and immunoturbidimetric methods. As a result of heavy investment in R&D, Randox's portfolio has grown to provide a wider variety of reagents.
Randox has become a leading specialist in developing dedicated reagents to work on competitor systems, including Dimension and Hitachi.[5]
Products
Biochip array technology
Randox developed the world's first biochip array technology (BAT) in 2002. BAT is a multi-analyte testing platform which allows simultaneous quantitative or qualitative detection of a wide range of analytes from a single patient sample. It screens biological samples in a rapid, accurate and easy-to-use format.
BAT provides clinicians with as much patient information as possible, is faster and more efficient than traditional methods and ultimately results in better clinical decisions. £180 million was invested in research and development of BAT.
With the development of the biochip, analysers were created to handle the biochip in a high throughput routine laboratory. The analyser range expanded from the evidence, to include the evidence evolution, evidence investigator and evidence multistat.[6]
Clinical chemistry analysers
As well as producing 5% of the world's clinical chemistry products, the Randox range of clinical chemistry analysers, the RX Series, accommodates low- to high-throughput laboratories. The RX monza, RX daytona, RX daytona plus, RX imola, RX monaco and RX suzuka attempt to consolidate a laboratory's requirements onto one platform. The throughput of the range varies, with the RX monza having the capability of up to 10,000 tests per year and the RX suzuka having up to 1,000,000 tests per year.[7][8][9]
Quality control
Randox is one of the largest manufacturers of laboratory quality controls across the globe.
The Acusera range of Quality Controls and Calibrators covers over 300 parameters and guarantees an outstanding performance. Control products include Lipids, Toxicology, Tumour Markers and numerous other research based areas.[10]
Acusera 24.7 Live Online is an inter-laboratory data management programme, with the purpose of supporting the Acusera range of controls.[10][11]
RIQAS
Randox International Quality Assessment Scheme (RIQAS) is Randox's own external quality assessment (EQA) scheme. EQA provides a way of assessing the analytical performance of a laboratory compared to other laboratories using the same methods and instruments. Being used by more than 22,000 laboratories in over 100 countries worldwide, RIQAS is the largest EQA scheme in the world.[12]
This number of participants ensures an extensive database for many analytical methods directly increasing statistical validity as a result. RIQAS helps to maintain and improve analytical quality; improve inter-laboratory agreement; detect reagent and equipment problems; and compares different analytical methods. RIQAS is ISO 13485 and UKAS approved.[13][14]
Notes and references
- ↑ 18 March 2011 – Foster announces 242 new jobs at Randox Laboratories | Northern Ireland Executive. Northernireland.gov.uk (18 March 2011).
- ↑ Proteome Sciences Licenses Stroke Biomarkers to Randox. IVD Technology (5 April 2012).
- ↑ The Friday Interview – Peter Fitz-Gerald, Randox Laboratories – IDA Ireland Investment Promotion Agency. Idaireland.com.
- ↑ Randox Laboratories: the future of healthcare – Personal Care Magazine. Pathologyinpractice.com.
- ↑ Diagnostic Reagents – Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ http://www.ngpharma.eu.com/article/Randox-Laboratories-Ltd--from-bench-to-bedside/
- ↑ Clinical Chemistry Analysers – RX series – Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Interlaboratory Data Management – QC Software – Acusera 24.7 – Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ EQA schemes – RIQAS – Largest Global EQA Providers – Randox Laboratories. Randox.com.
- ↑ EQA/Proficiency Testing Scheme- EQA- Proficiency Testing. RIQAS.
- ↑ http://www.ukas.org/AccredationOthers/schedules/0010Proficiency%20Testing%20Single.pdf
