Make Every Minute Count

Afinion CRP point of care testing helps to make the most of every consultation with the patient.

Rapid and accurate decision-making helps improve the quality of conversation between doctor and patient, facilitating more effective treatment discussions in minutes for pneumonia and other respiratory infections.

Make Every Consultation Count

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious healthcare and economic problem, which could affect our ability to defend ourselves from infectious disease. Viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are one of the most common reasons for unnecessary antibiotic prescribing by healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patient expectations place additional pressure to prescribe antibiotics, even when diagnosis is uncertain.^1-3

Point-of-care CRP testing helps to make the most of every consultation with the patient. A collaborative assessment by EUnetHTA concluded that the use of CRP POCT leads to reduced antibiotic prescribing both at consultation and up to 28 days follow-up.⁴ CRP POCT facilitates effective communication with patients about self-management and antibiotic prescribing.^5-7

CRP POCT can reduce antibiotic prescribing by up to 42%,^1,4,8-14 combining CRP POCT with enhanced communication skills of GPs have been shown to result in an even higher relative reduction of > 60%.^8,11

90% of RTIs are caused by a virus, meaning antibiotics are unlikely to have any clinical benefit for these patients.¹⁵

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Clinical Confidence in Minutes

The Afinion CRP assay is a simple fingerstick test. Make every moment during the patient consultation matter by quickly and easily determining your patients’ CRP level.

From drop to decision in just 3 minutes
Easy-to-use all-in-one cartridge with no pre-analytical steps
Minimally invasive for the patient, 2.5 μL fingerstick sampling
Excellent agreement with laboratory methods^{13, 17-21}
No user calibration necessary

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