| Blood analysis is something immediately familiar to | | | | the bloodstream, requiring blood tests to ensure |
| anyone who watches television; how many crime | | | | reliable, accurate results. |
| dramas have you seen in the last year alone | | | | There are a wide variety of medical screening |
| where a blood analyzer instrument comes into | | | | and diagnostic procedures which involve analysis |
| play to solve a murder case? Quite a lot, it's safe | | | | of the blood. Blood may be tested for physical |
| to say - but this is only one of the dizzying array | | | | properties such as the number of white and red |
| of common analysis procedures involving blood. | | | | blood cells, hemoglobin content and the structure |
| There is an enormous variety of different | | | | of other proteins and enzymes. Blood typing is |
| applications for these types of tests and an | | | | another of the more common blood analysis |
| equally large array of different instruments used | | | | procedures - and one which almost everyone has |
| for various types of analyses. For example, there | | | | undergone. |
| is the simple glucose content analyzer used by | | | | Blood analyzer equipment is used to test blood |
| diabetics to monitor their blood sugar levels; not all | | | | samples with the aim of establishing a diagnosis |
| blood analysis applications are necessarily | | | | for many diseases which are detectable through |
| glamorous, though all are extremely important. | | | | the changes made in the properties of the blood |
| Analysis equipment is widely used in laboratories | | | | or the presence of microorganisms which make |
| which carry out tests for diagnostic and | | | | the diagnoses of various diseases easy to |
| health-related monitoring procedures, in research | | | | ascertain. Diseases ranging from minor infections |
| and development applications within the | | | | to certain forms of cancer can be diagnosed on |
| pharmaceutical industry and even in athletics, | | | | the basis of an analysis of the patient's blood. |
| among many other applications. | | | | Then of course there is forensic analysis; while by |
| There are portable instruments which are used to | | | | no means the only application of blood analysis |
| analyze the levels of certain minerals, amino acids | | | | technologies, it is certainly the case that there are |
| and metabolites in the bloodstreams of athletes; | | | | applications for blood testing in criminal justice and |
| this is a type of blood testing common among | | | | crimes have been solved through the use of |
| coaches, especially those who work with | | | | blood analyzer instruments. |
| professional and Olympic-level competitive | | | | Since blood tests can even be used to establish |
| athletes. The data they are able to gather | | | | individual identity through DNA testing and analysis, |
| through these simple analysis procedures helps | | | | the uses of these technologies have been growing |
| them let athletes make the very most of their | | | | and becoming more widely accepted. Whether in |
| training. In fact, behind many a successful modern | | | | the fields of human or veterinary medicine, |
| athlete is a dedicated coach with a handheld blood | | | | criminal justice, nutrition studies and even the |
| analyzer. | | | | world of sports, analysis of the blood is an |
| Another common analytic procedure involving the | | | | extremely valuable set of tools for the |
| blood is drug testing. In some cases, urinalysis is | | | | maintenance and betterment of health as well as |
| unsuitable for the reliable detection of drugs, | | | | law and order. |
| alcohol, medications or their tell tale metabolites in | | | | |