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Connecting a Mindray BC-5150 to your LIS or EHR
Quick answer
Yes. Mindray says the BC-5150 supports a bi-directional LIS for test results and patient information, and that its LAN port supports HL7. Catenix is the system on the other end of that link and files each count in your EHR or LIS. Direction and message settings are confirmed on your unit during setup.
Mindray describes the BC-5150 as its lightest and most compact 5-part analyser, made for labs with a modest daily workload, little space and a tight budget. It weighs 24 kg, is 320 mm wide, and keeps two of its lyse reagents inside the case.
From 15 microlitres of whole or capillary blood it reports 25 parameters, with 12 more for research, three histograms and three scattergrams, at 60 samples an hour. Each count with differential also carries a neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
| What | How Catenix handles it |
|---|---|
| Size and weight | 320 x 400 x 410 mm, 24 kg |
| Report | 25 parameters, 5-part differential, NLR |
| Sample | 15 microlitres whole or capillary blood, 20 pre-diluted |
| Rate | 60 samples per hour |
| LIS link | LAN port, HL7 |
| USB ports | 4, for printer, keyboard, mouse, barcode scanner |
| Result store | Up to 250,000 with graphics |
No PC beside it, so the LAN port does the work
Mindray designed the BC-5150 to be run entirely from its 10.4 inch touch screen, with no external computer. That means there is no workstation software between the analyser and your other systems: the HL7 messages leave the analyser's own LAN port.
A Catenix gateway on the lab network receives them. It needs no change to how staff run samples, and it re-establishes the link without help when the network recovers from a fault.
Patient details, sample IDs and capillary tubes
The four USB ports on the left of the BC-5150 take a barcode scanner, so a tube's ID can be scanned instead of keyed. Mindray says the LIS link carries test results and patient information in both directions. Exactly what your software version exchanges is checked at setup.
Catenix then pairs each count with the EHR order that has the same sample ID. Capillary samples from children are run straight through the probe like any other, and they are matched the same way. A result without an order behind it is held for a member of staff to resolve.
Twelve research values and Mindray's own controls
The 12 research parameters, including blast and NRBC estimates, are not mapped to EHR codes unless you ask for them. The 25 reportable ones are mapped once, at setup.
Mindray supplies its own control material for the BC-5150. Those runs are stored in Catenix as QC, judged by Westgard rules and drawn on Levey-Jennings charts, and a failure holds patient results for the test concerned. Every HL7 message stays attached to its result, and nothing is lost in an internet outage because results wait on site.
Mindray and BC-5150 are trademarks of their owners. Catenix is an independent connectivity provider, not affiliated with or endorsed by Mindray.
Questions people ask
Does the Mindray BC-5150 need a separate computer to connect?
No. It is operated from its own touch screen and sends HL7 from its LAN port.
What is the difference between the BC-5150 and the BC-5390 for connection?
The BC-5150 is the compact benchtop, with HL7 named by Mindray. The BC-5390 adds a 40-tube autoloader, and its link settings are confirmed on the unit.
Does the BC-5150 report NLR?
Yes. Mindray says each CBC with differential result includes the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
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Product and company names are trademarks of their owners and are used for identification only. Catenix moves, stores and displays results with traceability; it does not interpret results or give clinical advice. Reviewed November 2026.
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