Global Point of Care
The demand for high-quality, efficient healthcare is escalating. Care systems are often faced with overcrowding and other operational, clinical or financial challenges. They need every resource available to support care while trying to overcome these increasing obstacles. Abbott Point of Care, with its i-STAT blood analysers offers solutions to help meet the growing challenges faced by EDs worldwide.
The i-STAT 1 and i-STAT Alinity systems bring testing to wherever it's needed, allowing medical staff to expedite care by performing a wide range of diagnostic tests at the patient's bedside within minutes, rather than hours, using only a few drops of blood.
ED overcrowding puts stress on caregivers and is a major patient safety concern associated with poor patient outcomes.1 Increased ED volume can mean patients face long periods of waiting.2
In the ED, the optimal patient journey should include a maximum amount of care with minimum wait, thus hospitals are challenged to find ways to improve patient-care workflows to expedite care and reduce overcrowding. Implementing the i-STAT System can help accomplish this.
i‑STAT test cartridges provide clinicians with fast results that aid in early identification of patients with urgent treatment needs or deteriorating health and can help to identify those that are critically ill. The handheld nature of the i-STAT 1 and i-STAT Alinity analysers means blood testing can be performed at the patient’s bedside, potentially reducing the risk of contamination and cross-infection.
*The results shown in studies featured on this page are specific to this health care facility and may differ from those achieved by other institutions.
POINT-OF-CARE TESTING CAN PROVIDE UP TO
42%
REDUCTION IN ED OVERCROWDING 2
i-STAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE DOOR-TO-DISPOSITION TIMES BY
41%.2*
USE OF THE i-STAT SYSTEM CAN ALSO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OUTCOMES THROUGH INCREASED EFFICIENCIES IN THE ED AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL
Requiring only a few drops of blood and the single-use test cartridges, i-STAT analysers deliver real-time, laboratory-quality results. Testing where and when tests are needed helps foster a collaborative, patient-centered environment, while driving improved operational performance by streamlining the testing process to help accelerate patient-care decision-making.
THE i-STAT SYSTEM RANGE OF TEST CARTRIDGES | |
LACTATE | CG4+ |
HAEMATOLOGY | CG8+, EG7+, E3+, EC4+, 6+, EC8+, EG6+, CHEM8+ |
CHEMISTRIES & ELECTROLYTES | CHEM8+, EG7+, G, Crea, E3+, EC4+, 6+, EC8+, EG6+, CG8+ |
CARDIAC MARKERS | cTnl, CK-MB, BNP |
ENDOCRINOLOGY | Total β-hCG |
BLOOD GASES | EG7+, CG8+, G3+, EG6+, CG4+ |
COAGULATION | PT/INR, ACT Kaolin, ACT Celite® |
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