October of 2000 witnessed a DPC milestone with the 1000th US placement of an IMMULITE^® system. The Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory in Berkeley, California welcomed its third IMMULITE 2000 system to enhance its testing for thyroid and other hormones, tumor markers and esoteric markers. The same facility had received the fourth IMMULITE system placed in the US back in 1993.

A luncheon reception and the presentation of a commemorative plaque at the Kaiser facility marked the occasion.

DPC is very grateful to its entire customer base in the US for the opportunity to serve them. The Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory in Berkeley is a longtime DPC customer and is representative of this customer base.

DPC strives to forge lasting business relationships with all of its customers through service and innovation. Continuing in this tradition, DPC expects to place the 2000th IMMULITE system in the US by late 2003.

Malak Rizk, Assistant Laboratory Manager, Chemistry (left) and Dr.
Victor Jiang, R&D Scientist, Immunochemistry (right),
both of Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory in Berkeley, California, stand next to their newest IMMULITE 2000 instrument. It is the laboratory's third IMMULITE 2000 system and the 1000th IMMULITE system place in
the US.