POCT stories

Ensuring patients remain the first priority helps one hospital untangle a complex web of needs between the central lab and point of care.

An Italian hospital’s patient-oriented approach led them to an AQT90 FLEX solution that:

• Enables close coordination between the ED and central laboratory
• Provides peace of mind to the lab and an easy to use instrument to the ED
• Allows nurses to focus on providing care

Two leaders at Hospital San Antonio in San Daniele, Italy met to explore ways of improving patient diagnosis and treatment in their facility. As the Head of Laboratory Services and the Head of the Emergency Department, the two discovered a wide range of competing interests. However, by focusing on patient needs, they successfully reached a mutual consensus leading to a point of care testing solution featuring the AQT90 FLEX.

Shorter TAT, better processes and faster treatment in the Accident & Emergency Department 

The staff at two UK hospitals found AQT90 FLEX analyzers delivered:

• Shorter turn-around-times
• A reduction in unnecessary treatments
• Better processes and faster treatments

The teams at two Buckinghamshire hospitals faced challenges providing lab services out-of-hours and during periods of exceptional patient admissions.  Implementing a point-of-care testing solution featuring the AQT90 FLEX enabled the staff to secure faster results and implement standardized clinical decision-making processes.