VIDAS^® 3

VIDAS 3 is the new-generation VIDAS analyzer, a brand trusted around the world in immunoassay testing for over two decades. Designed with your lab’s specific needs and workflow in mind, it is equipped with increased automation, traceability and connectivity for greater productivity. VIDAS 3 helps you provide precise and accountable test results for the benefit of clinicians and their patients.

Test Security

• Reduced hands on time from the sample to the result
• Fully automated pipetor action with single-use, disposable tips to avoid contamination and sample to sample carry-over
• Automated calibration and on-board dilution
• Scanning of sample and reagent barcodes upon test loading for complete traceability of all test components
• Integrated quality control management​

Lab Productivity

• Facilitated lab workflow with a simple answer to complex needs
• Calibration every 14, 28 or 56 days, depending on the parameter
• Bi-directional LIS connectivity
• Minimal maintenance allowing operators to concentrate on higher-level tasks
• Remote access via screen-sharing

Continual Access

• Immediate start, no waiting
• Temperature-controlled loading bay
• 3 separate racks each containing 3 configurable segments can hold a total of 27 samples, diluents and calibrators
• 4 independent compartments can each run 3 tests
• Up to 36 tests per hour
• Specific management of emergency tests​

Fast Adoption

• Intuitive touchscreen interface
• Streamlined test loading, ensuring standardization within your lab
• Minimal training necessary before starting routine operations

Specialized Test Menu

• Specialty menu in single-test format for the diagnosis of sepsis, infectious diseases, and pregnancy
• On-demand testing: 1 patient, 1 test, 1 result
• Ready-to-use reagents
• All components needed for the test included in the kit: only 1 order reference per test
• Rapid results: from 17 to 90 minutes

Instrument Overview

Technical Specifications

Instrument Dimensions

Pre-Analytical Unit

• Fully automated pippetor with single-use, disposable tips to avoid contamination
• 3 configurable racks to load up to 27 patient samples, controls, calibrators and diluents
• Disposables rack for tips and dilution cups

Analytical Unit

• 4 sections to allow continual access

Software

• Easy to use software program for guided instrument operation, reporting and troubleshooting
• Quality Control module included

Please contact your local bioMérieux representative for more information.

Select Assays

VIDAS® B•R•A•H•M•S PCT™	VIDAS® D-DIMER EXCLUSION™ II	VIDAS® LYME IgG II & VIDAS® LYME IgM II	VIDAS® C. difficile Panel

VIDAS 3 Complete Menu of Assays

>> Download the VIDAS 3 Assay Reference Sheet

*Matching numbers indicate VIDAS assays that can be run using the same protocol on the VIDAS instrument.

SARS-CoV-2 EUA Claims

• These tests have not been FDA cleared or approved but have been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an EUA for use by authorized laboratories;
• These tests have been authorized only for detecting IgG and IgM antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens; and
• The emergency use of these tests is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.