The Canadian Sport Institute Alberta’s Biochemistry Lab conducts in-house blood analysis and can offer more than 9 different blood parameter tests. This is the only location in the country actively using a test called Hemoglobin Mass.

Below is a list of some of the key equipment and technologies used in the Biochemistry Lab.

• Abbott i-STAT handheld blood analyzer
• Beckman DU 800 Spectrophotometer
• Fisher Legend RT Centrifuge
• Microhematocrit Centrifuge
• Radiometer Canada ABL80 Co-Ox blood gas analyzer
• Fisher Isotemp Microbiological Incubator
• Roche Cobas C111 analyzer
• Soma Cube Reader saliva analyzer
• -70° C Thermo Scientific Forma freezer
• Lactate Plus Meters