Point-of-care blood analysis reduces waiting times

Prior to the installation of the new point of care analyser, a 3-month audit had found that it took 48 minutes from patient bleed to results delivery on screen for consultants to view. By using the analyser directly in clinics, turnaround time to results is now just 5 minutes, significantly reducing waiting times. This means that busy haematology clinics, which were being delayed while waiting for results, are now finishing on time.

The analyser is simply wheeled in at the start of each clinic and following start up and calibration, blood samples are run without delay. Consultants receive a print out of results for immediate use in clinic, but results are also stored onboard the analyser. At the end of clinic, the results are downloaded to the host system.