Prestige Diagnostics – Specialized Provider in In-Vitro Diagnostics and Point of Care Diabetes

Prestige Diagnostics are In-Vitro Diagnostics & Point of Care Diabetes specialists. It is located in Ballymena in Northern Ireland – giving the organization unique access to the UK, European single market, and global distribution channels beyond. Prestige Diagnostics was founded in 2012 in Northern Ireland; the only part of the UK still within the European single market after Brexit. Prestige Diagnostics are an ethical and conscientious organization founded by the current Managing Director; Alan Rodgers. Alan has over 22 years of experience in the in-vitro diagnostics industry and has built a family-run business with this understanding at its core. It is a business that resonates with conviction, trust, and the best quality.

Prestige Diagnostics is fully committed to evidence-based best practice and manufacturing high-quality products. It meets all the relevant regulatory requirements and complies with ISO 13485:2016. The company’s values are practiced in its business methods, and continue to develop its practice and expand the knowledge base with the future of the extremely competitive and ever-changing industry in mind.

In-Vitro Diagnostic Solutions the Company Offers

IVD Reagents and Assays: Prestige Diagnostics manufactures a range of around 40 clinical chemistry reagent kits which enable clients to test for a wide range of conditions, diseases, and infections. They range from albumin to urine CSF protein and are used in the diagnosis and assessment of conditions and diseases such as abnormal levels of calcium, chloride, cholesterol, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, total protein or uric acid, blood disorders, damage to heart muscle cells, damage to or degeneration of skeletal muscles, heart muscles or brain tissue, damage to the body’s tissues, including those in the blood, heart, kidneys, brain and lungs, diabetes, high risk of a heart attack or stroke, kidney disease, liver disease, and pancreatitis. Along with these, the clients will also find calibration serum and clinical chemical assay controls.

Blood grouping reagents are used to identify different blood types. It is essential to ensure that the blood patients receive from donors is compatible with their own. The specialist range of clinical blood grouping agents available at Prestige Diagnostics include  Anti-human globulin (AHG) for Coombs tests, Monoclonal anti-A, anti-B and anti-AB reagents for determining ABO blood groups, Monoclonal anti-D reagents for determining the Rh factor, and Monoclonal grouping kits for determining ABO blood groups and the Rh factor.

Agglutination, or clumping, occurs when an antigen comes into contact with its corresponding antibody. Prestige Diagnostics offers three different agglutination test kits that range from febrile antigens where the kits are used, for example, to identify brucella, proteus, salmonella and rickettsia infections. Latex serology kits where the range includes kits used to identify streptococcal infections, levels of C-reactive protein that would indicate high levels of inflammation in the body and rheumatoid factors that would indicate a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Syphilis reagents kits are used to detect antibodies to syphilis and Treponema pallidum.

Coagulation is the process by which blood clots are formed, thus preventing blood loss after a wound or an operation. The organization specializes in APTT, PT High sens reagents, and its coagulation reagents can be used to screen for coagulation disorders. Coagulation defects can cause haemorrhaging or thrombosis and are categorized as platelet disorders, which can be either congenital or acquired and coagulation factor disorders, the best known of which is haemophilia.

As an Elisa Kit Manufacturer, PD offers an extensive range of these kits that are used to diagnose or assess conditions or diseases such as Hepatitis B and C, Thyroid dysfunction, Fertility issues, HIV types 1 and 2, and Prostate cancer.

In the Rapid Test Kits section, Prestige Diagnostics offers a range of rapid testing devices and rapid test strips, all of which enable testing for infections and conditions like Cardiac troponin, COVID-19, D-dimer, Dengue virus, Helicobacter pylori infections, Hepatitis B and C, HIV types 1 and 2, Pregnancy, Rotavirus and adenoviruses, Rubella, Treponema pallidum, and Typhoid.

Real-time PCR Kit Manufacturer: Real-Time PCR Kits have largely branched out applications in the medical, forensic, and research fields due to their ability to provide rapid and accurate results. Some of the key applications are Broad Pathogen Detection which detects a wide range of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, in many samples. Specific Pathogen Detection kits can be designed to detect specific genetic sequences unique to particular pathogens, enabling precise identification of the causative agents of disease. Antibiotic Resistance Gene Detection is used in identifying genes that confer resistance to antibiotics, which is essential in guiding treatment choices and understanding the spread of antibiotic resistance. Mutation Detection kits are critical in detecting genetic mutations.

IVD Analysers and Instruments: The Clinical Chemical Analysers consist of The Phototron, The Autotron 240, and The Autotron 420. The Haematology Analysers have The Hematron 3 Plus and The Hematron 5 Plus. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) include The Microread ELISA reader and The Microwash ELISA washer for microplates and strips.

State-of-the-art service

Contract IVD Reagent Manufacturing: Prestige Diagnostics have been the face of IVD manufacturing distribution for many years. Being located in Northern Ireland gives the organization unique access to the UK, EU, and Worldwide In-Vitro Diagnostic marketplaces. The company is the contract manufacturing of IVD reagents to exact specifications, with or without distribution. Its manufacturing team ensures that the clients have full control over the development of the client or patient’s product, while also safeguarding the intellectual property (IP). Prestige Diagnostics is involved in distribution of IVD products in the UK and throughout the European single market without the hindrance of trade barriers.

Alan Rodgers, Proprietor and Managing Director

“Antibiotic Resistance Gene Detection is used in identifying genes that confer resistance to antibiotics, which is essential in guiding treatment choices and understanding the spread of antibiotic resistance. Mutation Detection kits are critical in detecting genetic mutations.”