Case stories

Hospitals talk about decentralizing their acute care testing

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

Two leaders at Hospital San Antonio in San Daniele, Italy met to explore ways of improving patient diagnosis and treatment in their facility. By focusing on patient needs, they successfully reached a mutual consensus leading to a point of care testing solution featuring the AQT90 FLEX analyzer.

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Shorter TAT, better processes and faster treatment in the accident and emergency department

The accident & emergency department at Stoke Mandeville hospital gets faster triage and reduces the length of stay with rapid, point-of-care immunoassay testing: "Our AQT90’s have absolutely highlighted the need for good processes within the hospital".

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Process improvements in the ED led to cost savings for the entire hospital

What would you do, if you were tasked with building a new Emergency Department (ED) in your hospital? Which processes would you optimize? Which areas would you focus on? Process improvements in the ED at the Kliniken Essen-Mitte in Germany led to cost savings for the entire hospital.

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Optimizing patient flow in the emergency department

The ED at Ostrow Mazowiecka hospital in Poland improves workflow – and patient flow – by moving testing to the point of care: "Today, patients spend less time waiting to be treated and we are able to provide faster and more accurate diagnosis".

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VIDEOS

1st Automatic optimizes processes at German ICU

The Erlangen University Hospital optimizes processes in its Interdisciplinary Surgical ICU with Radiometer’s 1st Automatic solution. Implementing a more automated process and scanning samples at the bedside, physicians save time, reduce patient-sample mix-ups and improve overall patient care.

1st Automatic saves time at Swedish ICU

The Thorax Intensive Care Unit at the Skåne University Hospital reaps the benefits of Radiometer’s 1st Automatic solution. By automating blood gas testing, the ICU nurses eliminate waiting for results and get more time for patient care.

1st Automatic reduces preanalytical errors in Italian ED

The Hospital San Daniele del Friuli introduces Radiometer’s 1st Automatic solution at its busy emergency department and automates the process - from the collection of the sample to the reporting of results. The results: fewer preanalytical errors, better identification of patient, sample and results and less paperwork.