Urinalysis from Roche

Expertise coming from a long tradition of more than 50 years

Urinalysis has always been an important diagnostic tool in medicine. Even today, urine is still a key health barometer for many diseases, mainly urinary tract infections, kidney disease and diabetes.¹ The analysis of urine can reveal serious diseases that show no symptoms in their early stages but are treatable.² These diseases can cause severe damage if they remain undetected. Urine test strips are a crucial diagnostic tool and easy to use, yielding quick and reliable information on pathological changes in the urine. Their diagnostic significance lies primarily in first-line diagnosis, screening during routine or preventive examinations, and treatment monitoring.³

Today Roche offers a broad portfolio of urinalysis solutions for different customer needs. Drawing on our 50 years of experience in urinalysis, starting with the launch of the first Combur-Test^® strip, we have continuously improved strip technology for clinical and general practice. In response to customer needs for increased efficiency and safety, we have developed a range of analyzers with differing degrees of automation and throughput capabilities. By combining the proven Combur-Test strip technology^4,5 with Roche automation, we offer customized urinalysis solutions for physician office laboratories, hospital point-of-care and central laboratory settings.

The right solution for every workload

From patient self-testing to fully automated professional laboratory

References

Suthar, K. S. & Vanikar, A. V., 2017. Urinary Screening for Early Detection of Kidney Diseases. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, pp. DOI 10.1007/s12098-017-2494-y.
Krogsbøll, L. T., Jørgensen, K. J. & Gøtzsche, P. C., 2015. Screening with urinary dipsticks for reducing morbidity and mortality. Cochrane Database Syst Rev., 2015(1), p. CD010007.
Ringsrud, K. M. & Linne, J. J., 1995. Urinalysis and Body Fluids: A Colortext and Atlas. 1st ed. Maryland Heights: Mosby.
Schot MJC, van Delft S, Kooijman-Buiting AMJ, et al. Analytical performance, agreement and user-friendliness of six point-of-care testing urine analysers for urinary tract infection in general practice. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e006857. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006857.
Delft, S. v., Goedhart, A. & Spigt, M., 2016. Prospective, observational study comparing automated and visual point-of-care urinalysis in general practice. BMJ Journals, 6(8).