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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2002


                                  XTRANA, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Delaware                    0-17714                    58-1729436
(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission                (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)                File Number)             Identification No.)


                          590 Burbank Street, Suite 205
                           Broomfield, Colorado 80020
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (303) 466-4424
                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)

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ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

         On  January  8,  2003,  our  Audit  Committee,  pursuant  to  authority
delegated by our Board of Directors,  dismissed Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") as our
independent public accountants, effective on that date.

         In addition,  on January 8, 2003, our Audit Committee  engaged Hein and
Associates  LLP as our  new  independent  accountants  to  audit  our  financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

         E&Y's reports on our  consolidated  financial  statements for either of
our two fiscal years ended December 31, 2001, did not contain an adverse opinion
or disclaimer of opinion,  and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles.

         During the two fiscal  years  ended  December  31, 2001 and through the
date of E&Y's dismissal,  there were no disagreements  with E&Y on any matter of
accounting principles or practices,  financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or  procedure  which,  if not resolved to E&Y's  satisfaction,  would have
caused  it to make  reference  to the  subject  matter of the  disagreements  in
connection with its report on our consolidated financial statements. The Company
has requested  E&Y to furnish it a letter  addressed to the  Commission  stating
whether it agrees with the above statements. A copy of that letter dated January
10, 2003, is filed as an Exhibit to this Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a) Financial Statements. None.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information. None.

(c) Exhibits.
       16          Accountant's Letter dated January 10, 2003


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


January 10, 2003                            XTRANA, INC.



                                            By:  /S/ TIMOTHY J. DAHLTORP
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                                                     Timothy J. Dahltorp
                                                     Chief Executive Officer


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