PFA-100 Vitro System Platelet Function Analyzer.

The PFA-100 System provides automated assessment for inherited, acquired, or drug-induced platelet dysfunction.

Manufactures: Dade Behring

Advantages of the PFA-100:

- Tests performed on regular blood (blue top) sample

- Blood samples stable for 4 hours after collection

- Reproducible and rapid (10 minutes) to perform

- Correlates closely with platelet aggregation

- Sensitive to acquired and congenital platelet defects (including von Willebrand's Disease)

- Can distinguish aspirin-induced platelet dysfunction from other platelet defects

- Cheaper and faster than platelet aggregation tests