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How to evaluate total cost of ownership for diagnostic equipment
The purchase price is the number on the invoice. It is rarely the number that determines whether the equipment was a good decision three years later.
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Every diagnosis begins in the laboratory. Every laboratory deserves a partner.
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- Laboratory ConsumablesThe daily essentials. Tips, tubes, plates, and containers your bench never runs without.
- Rapid Diagnostic TestsWHO-aligned, field-proven answers in minutes for malaria, HIV, and hepatitis.
- Clinical ChemistryAnalyzers and reagents for the panels that carry your daily workload.
- HematologyFrom 3-part counters to full CBC automation. Counts you can sign off on.
- Immunology & SerologyImmunoassay systems for hormones, markers, and serology at every throughput.
- Molecular DiagnosticsPCR and extraction platforms that bring reference-level testing in-house.
- Point-of-Care TestingLab-grade answers at the bedside, clinic, and field.
- Laboratory EquipmentCentrifuges, incubators, autoclaves, and microscopes. The backbone instruments.
- Biomedical EquipmentClinical devices beyond the lab, installed and maintained by our engineers.
- PPE & Infection PreventionProtection for the people who protect everyone else.
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Start from who you are or what you test. Both roads lead to a configured answer, not a product list.
Health Centre & Health Post
Test and treat on site, instead of referring every patient down the road.
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A laboratory that keeps up with the wards, and does not stop when one machine does.
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Capability the country does not have yet, with the evidence that it works.
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Fast turnaround and reliable analyzers. The two things your patients rate you on.
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Scale from startup bench to accredited reference lab with one accountable partner.
ExploreBlood Bank
Screening, grouping, and cold chain for the most unforgiving samples in medicine.
ExplorePublic Health Programme
Procurement-compliant supply at programme scale, with reporting to match.
ExploreWorkplace & Occupational Health
Compact, dependable testing for workplace clinics.
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Why VIVACARE
Anyone can deliver a box. We deliver a running laboratory.
Premium global manufacturers
Authorized partnerships with Mindray, BD, Sysmex, and more. Genuine products, full warranty.
Local technical support
Factory-trained engineers based in the region, not a call centre abroad.
Biomedical engineering
Installation, commissioning, and lifecycle care for every instrument we place.
Regulatory compliance
Rwanda FDA-registered products with complete documentation, every time.
Laboratory training
Your team certified on the equipment they operate, through the VIVACARE Academy.
Fast nationwide delivery
Cold-chain-safe logistics to every province.
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We keep it running — including equipment we did not sell you.
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The right stock, and the paperwork that wins the tender.
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Advice that makes you compliant, efficient and fundable.
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Latest from VIVACARE
- Regulatory & procurement
Preparing a medical device tender submission: the document checklist
Government and NGO tenders are won and lost on documentation as often as on price. A missing certificate disqualifies a bid a competitive price could never save.
- Technical intelligence
Cold chain integrity for reagents and vaccines: what can go wrong, and where
Most cold-chain failures do not happen in a freezer. They happen in the gaps — loading docks, last-mile transport, and the minutes between a fridge door opening and closing.
- Regulatory intelligence
Rwanda FDA registration: what it means for a buyer, and what it doesn't
Registration status is the first thing a procurement officer should check on a medical device — and one of the most commonly misunderstood.
- Service intelligence
Bronze to Comprehensive: how to choose a Care Plan tier
The right tier depends less on budget and more on how much downtime your facility can actually absorb.
- Products
MAGLUMI X3 immunoassay platform now available in Rwanda
The compact chemiluminescence analyzer brings thyroid, fertility, and cardiac panels within reach of district hospitals.
- Events
VIVACARE Academy opens its Kigali training room
Hands-on operator certification now runs monthly, with instruments configured exactly as they ship to your laboratory.
- Partnerships
New cold-chain partnership extends provincial coverage
Validated temperature-controlled transport now reaches every province, with logging data supplied on delivery.