Blood Gas Analyzers Have New Compliance Capabilities

Blood gas analyzers have been enhanced and redesigned for low-to-mid- volume hospital and reference laboratories.

Quality Control (QC) information can be scanned into the system using simple barcode technology, increasing convenience for operators and minimizing opportunity for error. The new applications conform specifically to the Guidelines of the German Federal Medical Council (RiliBAK) rules and Analytical Measurement Ranges, which helps to simplify the regulatory compliance process in select areas of the world.

The new enhancements are found on the RAPIDPoint 340/350 Blood Gas Analyzers enabling users to scan all quality control lot numbers and corresponding mean and standard deviation limits into the analyzer prior to running the ampouled QC. As quality control samples are analyzed, QC results for up to three levels per day, for a total of 31 days, are stored in the appropriate quality control folder on the instrument.

The RAPIDPoint 300 system produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, (Deerfield, IL, USA), can be configured so that the analytical measurement ranges for each parameter ensuring that patient results are provided only for values that have been validated according to the calibration verification material tested. A new faster and quieter printer completes the package of convenient features

David Stein, PhD, CEO, Point-of-Care Business Unit, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, said, "As hospital workloads increase, it is important to continually improve laboratory efficiencies and processes particularly in light of the cost containment and staffing challenges clinical laboratories face today. These latest enhancements to our blood gas systems were designed with that goal in mind."

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