CHATSWORTH, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IRIS International, Inc. (Nasdaq:IRIS), a leading manufacturer of automated in-vitro diagnostics systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, and a provider of high value personalized diagnostics testing services through its CLIA certified molecular diagnostics laboratory,has shipped its 3,000th iQ®200Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer. In a ceremony at the Company’s Chatsworth headquarters, Thomas, E. Warekois, Corporate Vice President and President of the Iris Diagnostics Business Unit, announced that the analyzer, an iQ®200 Elite™, was shipped to Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., and includes a medallion identifying it as the 3,000th shipment.