Connecting the Mindray BC-5380 to your LIS or EHR

A benchtop haematology analyser turns a full blood count around quickly, but the numbers still have to reach the systems your clinic runs on. Where that last step is manual, someone reads a count off the screen or a printout and keys it into the patient record. That takes time, it is easy to transpose a digit across a panel of many parameters, and the record of who did what can be thin.

This page explains, in plain terms, how a Mindray BC-5380 can send its results into a laboratory information system (LIS) or electronic health record (EHR), and what Catenix does in the middle so that results flow automatically and quality-control data stays where it belongs.

Quick answer

The Mindray BC-5380 supports an HL7 v2.3.1 result interface over the network. Catenix captures those results at your site with a small on-site gateway, keeps quality-control runs separate from patient results, preserves an audit trail, and can forward the patient results to your LIS or EHR. You avoid manual transcription and keep a clear record of what was received.

What the Mindray BC-5380 measures

The Mindray BC-5380 is a benchtop, automated haematology analyser. It reports a full blood count with a 5-part white-cell differential, so a single sample yields the red-cell, platelet and white-cell parameters that make up a routine haematology panel, with the white cells separated into their five populations.

Catenix does not change what the device measures or how it is operated. Our scope is connectivity: taking the results the analyser already produces and moving them reliably into your other systems. We make no claim about the device's clinical performance or its suitability for any diagnostic decision.

How the BC-5380 connects

The BC-5380 presents its results to the wider network directly, rather than through a separate data manager. On its public data sheets, the analyser offers an HL7 result interface, the same general messaging family used across much of healthcare for sending results between systems. Some sites run the analyser straight onto the network, while others place it behind their own laboratory software first; either way, Catenix receives the HL7 result messages that are sent.

HL7 version 2 is a long-established standard for exchanging clinical messages such as results, and version 2.3.1 is one of its widely used revisions. In broad terms, each message carries the identifying details of a test event and the values that go with it, structured so that a receiving system can file them against the right record. Catenix speaks this general interface. We do not need, and this page does not publish, any vendor-specific internal detail about how individual values are laid out.

At your site, a small Catenix gateway sits on the local network and receives the result messages the BC-5380 sends. The gateway is the only piece of new hardware involved, and it runs quietly alongside your existing kit.

Results and quality control in Catenix

Once the gateway receives a result, Catenix records it in your cloud workspace with a timestamp and keeps an audit trail of what arrived and when. Nothing is retyped, so the count in the record is the count the analyser produced, across every parameter in the panel.

Haematology analysers also produce quality-control runs, the checks that confirm the instrument and its reagents are behaving as expected. Catenix identifies these QC runs and keeps them separate from patient results, so a control sample never lands in a patient's record and your QC history stays intact for review. This separation is worked out from the information in the incoming results, without any change to how the analyser is used.

From there, Catenix can forward the patient results onward to the systems your site already runs, such as a LIS or an EHR. The result flows once, automatically, from the bench through to the record, and the same audit trail follows it.

Getting connected

To connect a BC-5380, a site typically needs the analyser configured to send results over the network, a Catenix gateway on that same network, and agreement on where patient results should be delivered. Most of the setup is configuration rather than new equipment.

If you are planning a connection or want to check what your current setup allows, our team can talk it through with you. See /contact/ to get in touch, /platform/ for how the workspace and gateway fit together, and /pricing/ for how it is packaged. For security and data handling, see /security/ and /trust/.

Questions clinics ask

Can I connect a Mindray BC-5380 to my LIS?

Yes. The BC-5380 supports an HL7 v2.3.1 result interface over the network, and Catenix captures results from it and can forward them to a LIS or EHR. The main requirement is that the analyser is set to send results and that a Catenix gateway is on the same network.

Do I need new hardware to make this work?

The only new item is the small Catenix gateway that sits on your local network. Your BC-5380 carries on as it is, and most of the work is configuration rather than installation.

How are quality-control runs handled?

Catenix recognises QC runs in the incoming results and keeps them separate from patient records. Your control results stay grouped for review and never appear against a patient, which keeps both the patient record and the QC history clean.

Will full blood count results still be transcribed by hand?

No. Once the connection is live, results move from the BC-5380 into Catenix and onward automatically, so nobody rekeys a value. An audit trail records what was received and when.

Which parameters are supported?

Catenix carries whatever result the BC-5380 sends, which is the full blood count with a 5-part differential. The parameters available depend on the analyser and how your site runs it rather than on Catenix. We handle the connectivity, not the measurement itself.

How do we get started?

Get in touch through /contact/ and we can review your current setup, the analyser's interface configuration, and where you want results delivered. See /platform/ for how the gateway and workspace work together.

Product and company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners. Reference to them is for identification only and does not imply any affiliation with, endorsement by, or certification from those owners. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.

Reviewed July 2026. Back to integrations. Going deeper on the standard: our HL7 v2 field guide.

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