Getting Mindray BS-240 results into your EHR or LIS

Quick answer

Yes. Mindray specifies that the BS-240 can communicate with a LIS in bi-directional mode. With Catenix as the host, chemistry and HbA1c results leave the analyser's workstation and arrive in your EHR or LIS against the right sample. The message format is not in Mindray's public specifications for this model and is confirmed on your unit during setup.

Mindray released the BS-240 in 2016 as one of the smallest 200-test-an-hour chemistry analysers: a benchtop unit 690 mm long, 580 mm deep and 79 kg. Adding the optional ISE module for potassium, sodium and chloride takes it to as many as 400 tests an hour. Mindray aims it at small laboratories and at larger ones wanting a backup.

Its tray is weighted towards reagents: up to 80 reagent positions (40 fixed plus 40 interchangeable) against 40 sample positions, which an adapter extends to 80. Forty reusable cuvettes are cleaned at a washing station with pre-warmed detergent and water, the minimum reaction volume is 100 microlitres, and the analyser prepares haemolysate automatically for HbA1c.

HbA1c and routine chemistry from one BS-240

Since the BS-240 makes its own haemolysate, a whole-blood HbA1c tube can be loaded beside serum chemistry with no manual pretreatment, and Mindray suggests the analyser can even work as a dedicated HbA1c system. For the connection, that means two sample types may turn up for one patient on the same morning.

During setup HbA1c and every chemistry test are mapped to their EHR codes. Catenix then files each result under the sample ID it came with, and anything it cannot tie to an order is held back for review.

Barcodes and two-way working

Mindray's specification ties the two-way LIS capability to the internal barcode reader, which handles Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128, Code 39, UPC/EAN and Code 93 on samples and reagents. Whether your BS-240 asks the host for tests or simply reports results is settled during setup, along with the port its Windows workstation uses. The only interface Mindray names on the operation unit is RS-232.

After a network interruption the on-site gateway restores its own connection. Through an internet outage it keeps results in the lab and forwards them afterwards, and the raw message stays attached to every result.

Five QC views on the analyser, one record in Catenix

X-R, L-J, Westgard multi-rule, cumulative sum and twin-plot checks are all offered in the BS-240 software. Control results that reach Catenix are stored as QC, separate from patients, then graded with Westgard rules against your targets and charted on Levey-Jennings plots. If a control fails, patient results for the same test wait until it is resolved.

Mindray and BS-240 are trademarks of their owners. Catenix is an independent connectivity provider, not affiliated with or endorsed by Mindray.

Questions people ask

How does the BS-240 differ from the BS-200 when connecting?

Both list a two-way LIS interface. The BS-240 is smaller, holds up to 80 reagents, reuses washed cuvettes and runs whole-blood HbA1c, so there are usually more test codes to map.

Can HbA1c from the BS-240 go to the EHR?

Yes. HbA1c gets its own EHR code at setup and is filed against the sample ID like any chemistry result.

How many samples does a BS-240 hold?

Forty as standard. Mindray offers an adapter that extends this to 80.

Related: Mindray BS-200 connection · Mindray BS-480 connection · Levey-Jennings and Westgard rules · Device library

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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